Difference between revisions of "Plutonium"
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| − | Plutonium ''(symbol: Pu)'' is a transuranic chemical element with the atomic number 94<ref name="en_wiki_Pu">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plutonium&oldid=762933031 as at February 22, 2017</ref>. | + | Plutonium ''(symbol: Pu)'' is a transuranic chemical element with the atomic number 94<ref name="en_wiki_Pu">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plutonium&oldid=762933031 as at February 22, 2017</ref>. All isotopes are alpha emitters. In nature Plutonium usually can't be found - or only in traces. |
== Plutonium-238 == | == Plutonium-238 == | ||
| − | <ref name="ippnw-factsheet">ippnw factsheet: Radioactive Stoffe machen krank. A-Z von radioaktiven Isotopen, die beim Atomunfall freigesetzt werden; March 2011</ref> | + | It has a [[Half-life|half-life]] of 87.7 years.<ref name="ippnw-factsheet">ippnw factsheet: Radioactive Stoffe machen krank. A-Z von radioaktiven Isotopen, die beim Atomunfall freigesetzt werden; March 2011</ref> |
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| + | == Plutonium-239 == | ||
| + | It has a half-life of 24,110 years.<ref name="ippnw-factsheet" /> | ||
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| + | == Plutonium-240 == | ||
| + | It has a half-life of 6,564 years.<ref name="ippnw-factsheet" /> | ||
Revision as of 18:33, 23 February 2017
Plutonium (symbol: Pu) is a transuranic chemical element with the atomic number 94[1]. All isotopes are alpha emitters. In nature Plutonium usually can't be found - or only in traces.
Plutonium-238
It has a half-life of 87.7 years.[2]
Plutonium-239
It has a half-life of 24,110 years.[2]
Plutonium-240
It has a half-life of 6,564 years.[2]
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plutonium&oldid=762933031 as at February 22, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 ippnw factsheet: Radioactive Stoffe machen krank. A-Z von radioaktiven Isotopen, die beim Atomunfall freigesetzt werden; March 2011
