Plutonium

Daniel AbramsPeriod A

Properties of plutonium

• category: rare-earth metals• Reactivity: highly reactive • Density: 19.816

Properties of plutonium

• Melting point: 640 °C• boiling point: 3230 °C• State of matter: Solid

History of Plutonium• Discovered by: Glenn T. Seaborg,

Joseph W. Kennedy, Edward M. McMillan and Arthur C. Wohl

• When discovered: 1941• How discovered: by bombarding an isotope of uranium

with accelerated deuterons. • Additional fact: discovery

not released until 1946 because of war time security.

Uses for Plutonium

• Pacemaker• Batteries• Bombs• Medicine

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