Plutonium

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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]


  1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plutonium&oldid=762933031 as at February 22, 2017
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 ippnw factsheet: Radioactive Stoffe machen krank. A-Z von radioaktiven Isotopen, die beim Atomunfall freigesetzt werden; March 2011

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