interconnected by doubly bridging fluoride ligands. Reaction of plutonium tetrafluoride with barium, calcium, or lithium at 1200 °C give Pu metal: PuF4...
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produced by spontaneous fission of plutonium-240. Plutonium hexafluoride is prepared by fluorination of plutonium tetrafluoride (PuF4) by powerful fluorinating...
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plutonium is produced by reacting plutonium tetrafluoride with barium, calcium or lithium at 1200 °C. Metallic plutonium is attacked by acids, oxygen, and...
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Plutonium fluoride can refer to: Plutonium trifluoride, PuF3 Plutonium tetrafluoride, PuF4 Plutonium pentafluoride, PuF5 Plutonium hexafluoride, PuF6 This...
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Platinum tetrafluoride, PtF4 Plutonium tetrafluoride, PuF4 Polonium tetrafluoride, PoF4, decomposes via radiolysis. Praseodymium tetrafluoride, PrF4 Protactinium...
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chloroform. Metallic plutonium is produced by reacting plutonium tetrafluoride with barium, calcium or lithium at 1200 °C. Metallic plutonium is attacked by...
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Platinum tetrafluoride – PtF4 Plutonium(III) bromide – PuBr3 Plutonium(III) chloride – PuCl3 Plutonium(III) fluoride – PuF3 Plutonium dioxide (Plutonium(IV)...
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Uranium tetrafluoride is the inorganic compound with the formula UF4. It is a green solid with an insignificant vapor pressure and low solubility in water...
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Protactinium tetrafluoride is a binary inorganic compound of protactinium metal and fluorine with the chemical formula PaF4. Protactinium tetrafluoride can be...
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Plutonium(III) fluoride or plutonium trifluoride is the chemical compound composed of plutonium and fluorine with the formula PuF3. This salt forms violet...
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what was found to be a mixture of plutonium trifluoride (PuF3) and plutonium tetrafluoride (PuF4). Work with plutonium was carried out in gloveboxes for...
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F4Pt platinum tetrafluoride 13455-15-7 F4Pu plutonium tetrafluoride 13709-56-3 F4S sulfur tetrafluoride 7783-60-0 F4SW tungsten tetrafluoride monosulfide...
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it to uranium tetrafluoride, which yields uranium metal upon reaction with magnesium metal: 4 HF + UO2 → UF4 + 2 H2O To extract plutonium, neutron-irradiated...
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of thorium tetrafluoride in moist air at elevated temperatures, about 1000 °C. ThF4 + H2O → ThOF2 + 2 HF Reaction of thorium tetrafluoride with thorium...
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fast neutrons and is fertile, meaning it can be transmuted to fissile plutonium-239 in a nuclear reactor. Another fissile isotope, uranium-233, can be...
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commercial uses at present, it is used as a precursor for the formation of plutonium-238, which is in turn used in radioisotope thermal generators to provide...
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from uranium tetrafluoride (UF4) and F2 at 300 °C, while plutonium hexafluoride (PuF6) only begins forming from plutonium tetrafluoride (PuF4) and F2...
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the plutonium project, the objective of which was to produce reactors to convert uranium into plutonium, to find ways to chemically separate plutonium from...
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composed of uranium and plutonium. After three years of irradiation, the fuel has been transformed, with the appearance of plutonium, fission products, and...
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Nuclear fuel cycle (section Plutonium cycle)
reaction with neutrons. Examples of such materials include uranium and plutonium. Most nuclear reactors use a moderator to lower the kinetic energy of...
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be achieved by mixing any of the uranium halides (commonly uranium tetrafluoride) with magnesium metal powder or aluminium metal powder. The Ames process...
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Nuclear fuel (section Molten plutonium)
energy. The higher the burnup, the more plutonium is present in the spent fuel, but the available fissile plutonium is lower. Typically about one percent...
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sulfate Sulfotep Sulfoxide, 3-chloropropyl octyl Sulfur dioxide Sulfur tetrafluoride Sulfur trioxide Sulfuric acid Tabun Tellurium Tellurium hexafluoride...
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superior to plutonium in rare circumstances. It was claimed that if the existing weapons were based on uranium-233 instead of plutonium-239, Livermore...
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they have the best-known chemistry of the actinides, along with that of plutonium, as the self-heating and radiation from them is not enough to cause radiolysis...
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greater abundance, superior physical and nuclear properties, reduced plutonium and actinide production, and better resistance to nuclear weapons proliferation...
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Most difluorides and trifluorides have high boiling points, while most tetrafluorides and monofluorides fall in between. The term "fluoride volatility" is...
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It is isoelectronic with N2. Silicon tetrafluoride, similar to carbon tetrafluoride and germanium tetrafluoride, adopts a molecular tetrahedral structure...
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captured as it comes out of solution. Once reduced again to uranium tetrafluoride, a solid, it can be mixed into the core salt medium to fission. The...
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