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Properties of substance:

plutonium

Group of substances:

inorganic

Physical appearance:

metal

Empirical formula (Hill's system for organic substances):

Pu

Structural formula as text:

Pu

Molar/atomic mass: 239.05

Melting point (°C):

640

Boiling point (°C):

3235

Solubility (g/100 g of solvent):

mercury: 0.015 (20°C) [Ref.]
mercury: 0.64 (325°C) [Ref.]
water: reaction [Ref.]

Numerical data:

Year of discovery: 1940

Density:

19.82 (25°C, g/cm3)
16.26 (640°C, g/cm3)
16.62 (664°C, g/cm3)
16.43 (788°C, g/cm3)

Half-life:

22994Pu = 120 s (α (100%))
23094Pu = 1.7 min (mass excess 36934 keV)
23194Pu = 8.6 min (β+ (87%), α (13%))
23294Pu = 33.7 min (mass excess 38366 keV)
23394Pu = 20.9 min (β+ (99.88%), α (0.12%))
23494Pu = 8.8 h (electron capture (about 94%), α (about 6%))
23594Pu = 25.3 min (β+ (about 100%), α (0.0028%))
23694Pu = 2.858 y (α (about 100%), spontaneous fission (0.000000136%))
23794Pu = 45.2 d (electron capture (about 100%), α (0.0042%))
23894Pu = 87.7 y (α (about 100%), spontaneous fission (0.00000019%))
23994Pu = 24 110 y (α (about 100%); spontaneous fission (0.000 000 000 31%); mass excess 48589,9 keV)
24094Pu = 6564 y (α (about 100%), spontaneous fission (0.0000037%))
24194Pu = 14.35 y (β (about 100%), α (0.00245%))
24294Pu = 375 000 y (α (about 100%), spontaneous fission (0.00055%))
24394Pu = 4.956 h (β (100%))
24494Pu = 80 000 000 y (α (about 100%), spontaneous fission (0.121%))
24594Pu = 10.5 h (β (100%))
24694Pu = 10.84 d (β (100%))
24794Pu = 2.27 d (β (100%))

Vapour pressure (Torr):

0.01 (1463°C)
0.1 (1704°C)
1 (1955°C)
10 (2278°C)
100 (2710°C)

Electrode potential:

Pu3+ + 3e- → Pu, E = -2.031 V (water, 25°C)
Pu4+ + e- → Pu3+, E = 0.967 V (water, 25°C)

Standard molar enthalpy (heat) of formation ΔfH0 (298.15 K, kJ/mol):

0 (s)

Standard molar Gibbs energy of formation ΔfG0 (298.15 K, kJ/mol):

0 (s)

Standard molar entropy S0 (298.15 K, J/(mol·K)):

51.5 (s)

Molar heat capacity at constant pressure Cp (298.15 K, J/(mol·K)):

32 (s)

Standard molar enthalpy (heat) of formation ΔfH0 (298.15 K, kJ/mol):

347 (g)

Standard molar entropy S0 (298.15 K, J/(mol·K)):

177.1 (g)

Molar heat capacity at constant pressure Cp (298.15 K, J/(mol·K)):

20.9 (g)

Enthalpy (heat) of vaporization ΔvapH (kJ/mol):

351

Enthalpy (heat) of fusion ΔfusH (kJ/mol)

2.824 (s) [Ref.]

References:

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