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- Plutonium is a chemical element; it has symbol Pu and atomic number 94. It is an actinide metal of silvery-gray appearance that tarnishes when exposed...
- Plutonium-239 (239Pu or Pu-239) is an isotope of plutonium. Plutonium-239 is the primary fissile isotope used for the production of nuclear weapons, although...
- Plutonium (94Pu) is an artificial element, except for trace quantities resulting from neutron capture by uranium, and thus a standard atomic weight cannot...
- Plutonium-238 (238Pu or Pu-238) is a radioactive isotope of plutonium that has a half-life of 87.7 years. Plutonium-238 is a very powerful alpha emitter;...
- Look up Plutonium, plutonium, or plutónium in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Plutonium is a radioactive chemical element with symbol Pu and atomic number...
- "Thin Man" was the code name for a proposed plutonium gun-type nuclear bomb that the United States was developing during the Manhattan Project. Its development...
- weapon using plutonium called Thin Man. In April 1944, the Los Alamos Laboratory determined that the rate of spontaneous fission in plutonium bred in a nuclear...
- used pits made with uranium-235 alone, or as a composite with plutonium. All-plutonium pits are the smallest in diameter and have been the standard since...
- Site, in which uranium was irradiated and tran****ed into plutonium. The Fat Man plutonium implosion-type weapon was developed in a concerted design and...
- Plutonium fluoride can refer to: Plutonium trifluoride, PuF3 Plutonium tetrafluoride, PuF4 Plutonium hexafluoride, PuF6 This set index article lists chemical...