Pu
Plutonium (Atomic Number 94)
Category: actinide | Period 7, Group 3 | Block: f
Fissile actinide generating heat in Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators.
Atomic & Physical Constants
- Standard Atomic Weight:
- 244 u
- Standard State Phase:
- Synthetic
- Electron Configuration:
- 2, 8, 18, 32, 24, 8, 2
- Electronegativity (Pauling):
- 1.28
- Melting Point:
- 912.5 K
- Boiling Point:
- 3505 K
Historical Discovery & Real-World Applications
Industrial & Scientific Uses
Deep space probe RTG nuclear power (Curiosity, Voyager)
Discovery History
Discovered by Glenn T. Seaborg (1940).
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