Characteristics and properties under standard conditions plutonium is a hard brittle silvery metal.
Plutonium at room temperature.
Unlike most metals it is not a good conductor of heat or electricity.
3501 k 3228 c or 5842 f density.
Finely divided particles under about 1 millimeter diameter spontaneously ignites at about 150 c 3 finely particles over about 1 millimeter diameter.
The radioactivity of the burning material is an additional hazard.
At room temperature alpha form plutonium is as hard and brittle as cast iron.
913 k 640 c or 1184 f boiling point.
It can be alloyed with other metals to form the room temperature stabilized delta form which.
The delta phase has more typical metallic character and is roughly as strong.
At room temperature plutonium is in its alpha α form the most common structural form of the element.
It is as hard and brittle as cast iron unless alloyed with other metals to form the room temperature stabilized delta δ phase which makes it soft and ductile.
Non divided metal at room temperature corrodes relatively inert slowly oxidizes.
There are 150 neutrons in the most abundant isotope.
At room temperature plutonium is a solid metal.
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Scientists have found that they can mimic this effect by adding a small amount of gallium which gives the room temperature metal similar properties to its higher temperature counterpart and this.
19 84 grams per cubic centimeter.
Phase at room temperature.
Plutonium atoms have 94 electrons and 94 protons with 2 valence electrons in the outer shell.
Plutonium is a member of the actinide group in the periodic table.
At room temperature for instance the plutonium is very brittle but heated to around 100 celsius is transforms to a much more malleable metal.
Divided metal at room temperature puo2 readily reacts to form plutonium dioxide.
It can be alloyed with other metals to form the room temperature stabilized delta form which is soft and ductile.
At room temperature alpha form plutonium the most common form is as hard and brittle as cast iron.
In a moist environment plutonium forms hydrides on its surface which are pyrophoric and may ignite in air at room temperature.
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Plutonium normally has six allotropes and forms a seventh zeta ζ at high temperature within a limited pressure range.
