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Plutonium

Plutonium . Daniel Abrams Period 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.

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Plutonium

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  1. Plutonium Daniel Abrams Period A

  2. Properties of plutonium • category: rare-earth metals • Reactivity: highly reactive • Density: 19.816

  3. Properties of plutonium • Melting point: 640 °C • boiling point: 3230 °C • State of matter: Solid

  4. 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.

  5. Uses for Plutonium • Pacemaker • Batteries • Bombs • Medicine

  6. Element • Works Cited • " Google Image Result for http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/data/13030/rb/ft700007rb/figures/ft700007rb_00025.jpg." Google. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Dec. 2010. <http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/data/13030/rb/ft700007rb/figures/ft700007rb_00025.jpg&imgrefurl=http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view%3FdocId%3Dft700007rb%3Bchunk.id%3Dd0e1707%3Bdoc.view%3Dprint&usg=_>. • Baker, Lawrence W., and David E. Newton. P - Z . Detroit, Mich. [u.a.: U.X.L, 1999. Print. • Gray, Theodore. "Pictures, stories, and facts about the element Plutonium in the Periodic Table." The Photographic Periodic Table of the Elements. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Dec. 2010. <http://periodictable.com/Elements/094/index.html>. • "Periodic Table." Behrend Chemistry Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Dec. 2010. <http://chemistry.bd.psu.edu/jircitano/periodic4.html>. • MLA formatting by BibMe.org.

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