Chemistry:Plutonium diboride
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| Molar mass | 266 g·mol−1 |
| Appearance | crystals |
| Density | 12,06 g/cm3 |
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Plutonium diboride is an compound of plutonium and boron with the chemical formula PuB
2.[1][2] It is one of the plutonium borides.
Synthesis
Fusion of stoichiometric amounts of pure substances:
- Pu + 2B → PuB
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Physical properties
Plutonium diboride forms paramagnetic crystals of hexagonal crystal structure, space group P 6/mmm.[3]
Chemical properties
The compound decomposes upon heating:
- 2PuB
2 → Pu + PuB
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References
- ↑ Eick, Harry A. (1 August 1965). "Plutonium Borides". Inorganic Chemistry 4 (8): 1237–1239. doi:10.1021/ic50030a037. ISSN 0020-1669. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ic50030a037. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
- ↑ (in en) Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of the Actinides. North-Holland. 1984. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-444-86903-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=MurvAAAAMAAJ&q=Plutonium+diBoride. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
- ↑ McDonald, B. J.; Stuart, W. I. (10 May 1960). "The crystal structure of some plutonium borides" (in en). Acta Crystallographica 13 (5): 447–448. doi:10.1107/S0365110X60001059. ISSN 0365-110X. Bibcode: 1960AcCry..13..447M. https://journals.iucr.org/paper?S0365110X60001059. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
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