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Definitions for Plutonium
[1] a transuranic element with a fissile isotope of mass number 239 (plutonium 239) that can be produced from non-fissile uranium 238, as in a breeder reactor. Symbol : Pu; atomic number : 94.
[2] a highly toxic metallic transuranic element. It occurs in trace amounts in uranium ores and is produced in a nuclear reactor by neutron bombardment of uranium-238. The most stable and important isotope, plutonium-239 , readily undergoes fission and is used as a reactor fuel in nuclear power stations and in nuclear weapons. Symbol: Pu; atomic no: 94; half-life of 239 Pu: 24 360 years; valency: 3, 4, 5, or 6; relative density (alpha modification): 19.84; melting pt: 640°C; boiling pt: 3230°C
Words nearby Plutonium
plutocratic, pluton, plutonian, plutonic, plutonism, plutonium, plutus, pluvial, pluviometer, pluvious, pluviôse
Origin of Plutonium
1940–45; < Greek Ploútōn Pluto + -ium
Word origin for Plutonium
C20: named after the dwarf planet Pluto because Pluto lies beyond Neptune and plutonium was discovered soon after neptunium