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Plutonium

Plutonium . By Aaron Crowe . Basic Information . Symbol: Pu Number: 94 Chemical Series: actinides Group: N/a Period: 7 Block: F Weight: 244 g(mol)^-1. History . First Produced in 1940 at UC Berkley Discovery Kept secret due to the war

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Plutonium

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  1. Plutonium By Aaron Crowe

  2. Basic Information • Symbol: Pu • Number: 94 • Chemical Series: actinides • Group: N/a • Period: 7 • Block: F • Weight: 244 g(mol)^-1

  3. History • First Produced in 1940 at UC Berkley • Discovery Kept secret due to the war • Was used in the production for the “Fat Man Bomb” that destroyed Nagasaki

  4. Toxicity • More Dangerous when inhaled than if injected • When Inhaled Plutonium can increase the risk of cancer by 3% • Chernobyl • 1986 minor amounts of plutonium were released into the atmosphere

  5. Use in Nuclear Weapons • Plutonium is used in most nuclear weapons because of its availability and its fissioning process • Manhattan Project • First Creation of nuclear bombs • Used plutonium for one test in New Mexico as well as one of the bombs dropped on Japan, the other bomb was Uranium Enriched

  6. Bibliography • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Implosion_Nuclear_weapon.png/300px-Implosion_Nuclear_weapon.png • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium

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