Plutonium(III) fluoride
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IUPAC name
Plutonium(III) fluoride
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Systematic IUPAC name
Plutonium(3+) fluoride | |
Other names
Plutonic fluoride
Plutonium fluoride | |
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Properties | |
F3Pu | |
Molar mass | 301 g·mol−1 |
Appearance | Violet, opaque crystals |
Density | 9.3 g cm−3 |
Melting point | 1,396 °C (2,545 °F; 1,669 K)[2] |
Boiling point | 2,000 °C (3,630 °F; 2,270 K) (decomposes)[1] |
Related compounds | |
Other anions
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Plutonium(III) chloride |
Other cations
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Samarium(III) fluoride |
Related fluoroplutoniums
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Plutonium tetrafluoride |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Plutonium(III) fluoride or plutonium trifluoride is the
trigonal prismatic.[3]
Reactions
A plutonium(III) fluoride precipitation method has been investigated as an alternative to the typical plutonium peroxide method of recovering plutonium from solution, such as that from a nuclear reprocessing plant.[4] A 1957 study by the Los Alamos National Laboratory reported a less effective recovery than the traditional method,[5] while a more recent study sponsored by the United States Office of Scientific and Technical Information found it to be one of the more effective methods.[6]
Plutonium(III) fluoride can be used for manufacture of the
plutonium-gallium alloy
instead of more difficult to handle metallic plutonium.
References
- ^ Chemistry: Periodic Table: Plutonium: compound data (plutonium (III) fluoride), WebElements, retrieved 2008-06-20[permanent dead link]
- ISBN 0-8493-0594-2, retrieved 2008-06-20
- ISBN 0-19-855370-6.
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Gupta, C. K.; Mukherjee, T. K. (1990), Hydrometallurgy in Extraction Processes, vol. 2, CRC Press, pp. 206–208, OCLC 21197603, retrieved 2008-06-20
- ^ Winchester, R. S. (1957), Aqueous Decontamination of Plutonium from Fission Product Elements (PDF), Los Alamos, NM: Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of the University of California (published 1958), pp. 9–10, retrieved 2008-06-20
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Martella, L. L.; Saba, M. T.; Campbell, G. K. (1984), Laboratory-scale evaluations of alternative plutonium precipitation methods, United States Office of Scientific and Technical Information, OSTI 5318991