Template:Infobox plutonium

Plutonium, ₉₄Pu

Plutonium
Pronunciation	/pluːˈtoʊniəm/ ​(ploo-TOH-nee-əm)
Appearance	silvery white, tarnishing to dark gray in air
Mass number	[244]
Plutonium in the periodic table
Hydrogen Helium Lithium Beryllium Boron Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine Neon Sodium Magnesium Aluminium Silicon Phosphorus Sulfur Chlorine Argon Potassium Calcium Scandium Titanium Vanadium Chromium Manganese Iron Cobalt Nickel Copper Zinc Gallium Germanium Arsenic Selenium Bromine Krypton Rubidium Strontium Yttrium Zirconium Niobium Molybdenum Technetium Ruthenium Rhodium Palladium Silver Cadmium Indium Tin Antimony Tellurium Iodine Xenon Caesium Barium Lanthanum Cerium Praseodymium Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium Hafnium Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium Platinum Gold Mercury (element) Thallium Lead Bismuth Polonium Astatine Radon Francium Radium Actinium Thorium Protactinium Uranium Neptunium Plutonium Americium Curium Berkelium Californium Einsteinium Fermium Mendelevium Nobelium Lawrencium Rutherfordium Dubnium Seaborgium Bohrium Hassium Meitnerium Darmstadtium Roentgenium Copernicium Nihonium Flerovium Moscovium Livermorium Tennessine Oganesson Sm ↑ Pu ↓ (Uqo) neptunium ← plutonium → americium
Atomic number (Z)	94
Group	group n/a
Period	period 7
Block	f-block
Element category	f-block
Electron configuration	[Rn] 5f6 7s2
Electrons per shell	2, 8, 18, 32, 24, 8, 2
Physical properties
Phase at STP	solid
Melting point	912.5 K ​(639.4 °C, ​1182.9 °F)
Boiling point	3505 K ​(3228 °C, ​5842 °F)
Density (near r.t.)	19.85 (239Pu) g/cm3
when liquid (at m.p.)	16.63 g/cm3
Heat of fusion	2.82 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization	333.5 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity	35.5 J/(mol·K)
Vapor pressure P (Pa) 1 10 100 1 k 10 k 100 k at T (K) 1756 1953 2198 2511 2926 3499
Atomic properties
Oxidation states	+2, +3, +4, +5, +6, +7, +8 (an amphoteric oxide)
Electronegativity	Pauling scale: 1.28
Ionization energies	1st: 584.7 kJ/mol
Atomic radius	empirical: 159 pm
Covalent radius	187±1 pm
Spectral lines of plutonium
Other properties
Natural occurrence	from decay
Crystal structure	​monoclinic
Speed of sound	2260 m/s
Thermal expansion	46.7 µm/(m·K) (at 25 °C)
Thermal conductivity	6.74 W/(m·K)
Electrical resistivity	1.460 µΩ·m (at 0 °C)
Magnetic ordering	paramagnetic
Young's modulus	96 GPa
Shear modulus	43 GPa
Poisson ratio	0.21
CAS Number	7440-07-5
History
Naming	after [[Astronomy:Dwarf dwarf planet]] Pluto, itself named after classical god of the underworld Pluto
Discovery	Glenn T. Seaborg, Arthur Wahl, Joseph W. Kennedy, Edwin McMillan (1940–1)
Main isotopes of plutonium
Iso­tope Abun­dance Physics:Half-life (t1/2) Decay mode Pro­duct 238Pu trace 87.74 y SF – α 234U 239Pu trace 2.41×104 y SF – α 235U 240Pu trace 6500 y SF – α 236U 241Pu syn 14 y β− 241Am SF – 242Pu syn 3.73×105 y SF – α 238U 244Pu trace 8.08×107 y α 240U SF –

Pu data m.p. cat
	in	calc from C	diff	report	ref
C	639.4	—	—
K	912.5	912.5	0
F	1182.9	1182.9	0
max precision	1
WD
input	C: 639.4, K: 912.5, F: 1182.9
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Pu data b.p. cat
	in	calc from C	diff	report	ref
C	3228	—	—
K	3505	3501	4
F	5842	5842	0
max precision	0
WD
input	C: 3228, K: 3505, F: 5842
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