Plutonium Element Properties, Rare Earth, Actinides Group, Periodic Table of the Elements
Plutonium
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Plutonium Element Properties |
 | | General |
| Name | Plutonium |
| Symbol | Pu |
| Number | 94 |
| Group Number | NA |
| Group | Rare Earth, Actinides |
| Block | f |
| Density | 19.8 g/cm3 |
| Atomic Weight | 244 g/mol |
| Atomic Volume | 12.32 cm3/mol |
| Discover | 1940 |
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| States |
| State | Solid |
| Melting Point | 912.5 K |
| Boiling Point | 3505 K |
| Triple Point | Nil |
| Critical Point | Nil |
| Heat of Fusion | 2.82 kJ/mol |
| Heat of Vaporization | 333.5 kJ/mol |
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| Energies |
| First Ionization Energy | 585 kJ/mole |
| Second Ionization Energy | Nil |
| Third Ionization Energy | Nil |
| Electronegativity | 1.3 |
| Electron Affinity | Nil |
| Specific Heat | 0.13 J/gK |
| Heat Atomization | 352 kJ/mole atoms |
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| Oxidation and Electrons |
| Shells | 2,8,18,32,24,8,2 |
| Electron Configuration | [Rn] 5f6 7s2 |
| Minimum Oxidation Number | 0 |
| Maximum Oxidation Number | 7 |
| Minimum Common Oxidation Number | 0 |
| Maximum Common Oxidation Number | 4 |
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| Appearance and Characteristics |
| Crystal Structure | monoclinic |
| Characteristics | Radioactive |
| Color | silvery |
| Uses | weapon fuel, pacemakers |
| Hardness | Nil |
| Toxicity | None |
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| Reactions |
| Reaction with Air | None |
| Reaction with 6M HCl | None |
| Reaction with 15M HNO3 | passivated |
| Reaction with 6M NaOH | None |
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| Other Forms |
| Number of Isotopes | 0 |
| Hydride | PuH2 PuH3 |
| Oxide | PuO Pu2O3 PuO2 |
| Chloride | PuCl2 PuCl3 |
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| Radius |
| Atomic Radius | 159 pm |
| Ionic Radius (1+ ion) | Nil |
| Ionic Radius (1- ion) | Nil |
| Ionic Radius (2+ ion) | Nil |
| Ionic Radius (2- ion) | Nil |
| Ionic Radius (3+ ion) | 114 pm |
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| Conductivity |
| Thermal Conductivity | 6.3 J/m-sec-deg |
| Electrical Conductivity | 7.072 1/mohm-cm |
| Polarizability | 24.5 A3 |
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| Abundance |
| Source | Synthetic |
| Relation Abundance Solar System | Nil |
| Abundance Earth's Crust | Nil |
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