Plutonium (IV) nitrate is an inorganic compound, a salt of plutonium and nitric acid with the chemical formula Pu(NO3)4. The compound dissolves in water...

of plutonium(IV) nitrate and iodic acid, but this method cannot obtain a pure product; Another preparation method is the reaction of plutonium(IV) nitrate...

Neptunium(IV) nitrate is an inorganic compound, a salt of neptunium and nitric acid with the chemical formula Np(NO3)4. The compound forms gray crystals...

barium and plutonium inside the bomb. The barium was present in the form of the nitrate in the chemical explosives used while the plutonium was the fissile...

(2009). "The aqueous corrosion behavior of plutonium metal and plutonium–gallium alloys exposed to aqueous nitrate and chloride solutions". ECS Transactions...

used solely to extract plutonium for producing nuclear weapons. With commercialization of nuclear power, the reprocessed plutonium was recycled back into...

addition to cerium and nitrate. Double nitrates of cerium also exist. Anhydrous cerous nitrate, also called cerium(III) nitrate, is the anhydrous salt...

NH4Br Ammonium chromate – [NH4]2CrO4 Ammonium cerium(IV) nitrate – [NH4]2[Ce(NO3)6] Ammonium cerium(IV) sulfate – [NH4]4[Ce(SO4)4] Ammonium chloride – [NH4]Cl...

disadvantage of forming much radioactive dust. A mixture of uranyl nitrate and plutonium nitrate in nitric acid is converted by treatment with a base such as...

Reactor-grade plutonium (RGPu) is the isotopic grade of plutonium that is found in spent nuclear fuel after the uranium-235 primary fuel that a nuclear...

polychalcogenides with cerium(III): cerium(IV) derivatives of S, Se, and Te are unknown. The compound ceric ammonium nitrate ("CAN") (NH4)2[Ce(NO3)6] is the most...

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...

elements. In one study comparing the diffusion rates of neptunium(V), plutonium(IV), and americium(III) in sandstone and limestone, neptunium penetrated...

addition changes the oxidation state of plutonium from +6 to +4, while uranium remains in the form of uranyl nitrate (UO2(NO3)2). The solution is treated...

plutonium nitrate solution was coated on a platinum foil of ~0.5 cm2 area, the solution was evaporated and the residue was converted into plutonium(IV)...

isotopes for medical and industrial use, or for production of weapons-grade plutonium. As of 2022[update], the International Atomic Energy Agency reports there...

three most relevant fissile isotopes are uranium-233, uranium-235 and plutonium-239. When the unstable nuclei of these atoms are hit by a slow-moving...

Complex nitrate compounds are also known: the experimenters who produced them in 1986 and 1987 produced single crystals by slow evaporation of the Np(IV) solution...

precipitation): this behaviour is similar to that of plutonium(IV). Large coordination numbers are the rule: thorium nitrate pentahydrate was the first known example...

contains large amounts of undesirable contaminants: plutonium-240, plutonium-241, and plutonium-238. These isotopes are extremely difficult to separate...

uranyl nitrate in dilute nitric acid. The plutonium(IV) forms a similar complex to the uranium(VI), but it is possible to strip the plutonium in more...

important case of ion-exchange is the plutonium-uranium extraction process (PUREX), which is used to separate the plutonium (mainly 239 Pu) and the uranium...

isolated from its oxides in a complex, multi-step process. First plutonium-239 nitrate (239PuNO3) solution was coated on a platinum foil of about 0.5 cm2...

ions; if these are not present, passivation by the nitrate can occur, as with uranium and plutonium. Most binary compounds of thorium with nonmetals may...

built and operated the B Reactor, the first full-scale plutonium production reactor. Plutonium manufactured at the HEW was used in the atomic bomb detonated...

10025–65–7 PuBr3 plutonium(III) bromide 15752–46–2 PuCl3 plutonium(III) chloride 13569–62–5 PuF3 plutonium(III) fluoride 13842–83–6 PuF4 plutonium(IV) fluoride...

Nitrate chlorides are mixed anion compounds that contain both nitrate (NO3−) and chloride (Cl−) ions. Various compounds are known, including amino acid...

Berkelium was the fifth transuranium element discovered after neptunium, plutonium, curium and americium. The major isotope of berkelium, 249Bk, is synthesized...

ion in solution have failed. The element forms a water-soluble chloride, nitrate, perchlorate, and sulfate and is precipitated as a fluoride, oxalate, or...

in 1790 when it was found that nitrogen was present in nitric acid and nitrates. Antoine Lavoisier suggested instead the name azote, from the Ancient Greek:...