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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...
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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...
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Plutonium (94Pu) is an
artificial element,
except for
trace quantities resulting from
neutron capture by uranium, and thus a
standard atomic weight cannot...
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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;...
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Plutonium,
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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...
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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...
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Plutonium fluoride can
refer to:
Plutonium trifluoride, PuF3
Plutonium tetrafluoride, PuF4
Plutonium hexafluoride, PuF6 This set
index article lists chemical...