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Plutonium hydride may refer to: Plutonium dihydride, PuH2 Plutonium trihydride, PuH3 This set index article lists chemical compounds articles associated
Plutonium_hydride
Chemical element with atomic number 94 (Pu)
coating of PuO2 is formed. Also formed is plutonium hydride but an excess of water vapor forms only PuO2. Plutonium shows enormous, and reversible, reaction
Plutonium
Chemical compound
Plutonium dihydride is a non-stoichiometric chemical compound with the formula PuH2+x. It is one of two characterized hydrides of plutonium; the other
Plutonium_dihydride
Core of a nuclear implosion weapon
the plutonium producing plutonium hydride, which falls to the funnel and the crucible, where it is melted while releasing the hydrogen. Plutonium can
Pit_(nuclear_weapon)
Chemical compound
Long N. (25 March 2017). "Chemistry and kinetics of the pyrophoric plutonium hydride-air reaction". Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 698: 44–48. doi:10
Plutonium_trihydride
Chemical compound
reaction of other plutonium compounds, such as plutonium(III) oxalate (Pu2(C2O4)3), plutonium(IV) oxide (PuO2), or plutonium hydride (PuHx), with chlorinating
Plutonium(III)_chloride
Chemical compounds containing the element plutonium
coating of PuO2 is formed. Also formed is plutonium hydride but an excess of water vapor forms only PuO2. Plutonium shows enormous, and reversible, reaction
Plutonium_compounds
Material used in US nuclear weapons
explosives" along with lithium hydride (LiH) and lithium deuteride (LiD), beryllium (Be), uranium hydride (UH3), and plutonium hydride. Arms experts believe that
Fogbank
Alloy used in nuclear weapon pits
process, the pits are converted to oxide by converting the material to plutonium hydride, then optionally to nitride, and then to oxide. Gallium is then mostly
Plutonium–gallium_alloy
Type of atomic bomb
The uranium hydride bomb was a variant design of the atomic bomb first suggested by Robert Oppenheimer in 1939 and advocated and tested by Edward Teller
Uranium_hydride_bomb
Chemical element with atomic number 93 (Np)
crucible at 2660–2800 °C. Hydrides Neptunium reacts with hydrogen in a similar manner to its neighbor plutonium, forming the hydrides NpH2+x (face-centered
Neptunium
Chemical compound
Uranium hydride, also called uranium trihydride (UH3), is an inorganic compound and a hydride of uranium. Uranium hydride is a brownish black pyrophoric
Uranium(III)_hydride
Compounds of plutonium and sulfur
reaction of plutonium metal and sulfur gas: Pu + S → PuS It is also formed when plutonium sesquisulfide is reduced by plutonium hydride. Reacting ground
Plutonium_sulfides
Tendency of a chemical compound to ignite in open air
Metal hydrides (sodium hydride, lithium aluminium hydride, uranium trihydride) Partially or fully alkylated derivatives of metal and nonmetal hydrides (diethylaluminium
Pyrophoricity
Platinum-iridium Plutonium–aluminium Plutonium–cerium Plutonium–cerium–cobalt Plutonium–gallium (gallium) Plutonium–gallium–cobalt Plutonium–zirconium Mischmetal
List_of_named_alloys
Class of chemical compounds
Haschke Thomas H. Allen: Plutonium Hydride, Sesquioxide and Monoxide Monohydride: Pyrophoricity and Catalysis of Plutonium Corrosion, Journal of Alloys
Oxyhydride
Plutonium compound
powdered plutonium, followed by distillation of unreacted phosphorus: 4 Pu + P4 → 4 PuP Passing phosphine through heated plutonium hydride: PuH3 + PH3
Plutonium(III)_phosphide
American scientist (1916–1957)
(May 30, 1916 – May 5, 1957) was an American chemist who co-discovered plutonium, along with Glenn T. Seaborg, Edwin McMillan, and Arthur Wahl. During
Joseph_W._Kennedy
Chemical compound
reaction of plutonium hydrides with nitrogen or ammonia at a temperature of 650 °C and a pressure of 0.3 kPa. Another method to prepare plutonium nitride
Plutonium_nitride
Chemical element with atomic number 92 (U)
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
Uranium
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
Reactor-grade_plutonium
Crystallographic system where the unit cell is in the shape of a cube
for NaF, 2.8 Å for NaCl, and 3.2 Å for SnTe. Most of the alkali metal hydrides and halides have the rock salt structure, though a few have the caesium
Cubic_crystal_system
US Department of Energy reservation in South Carolina
Savannah River plutonium pit facility". Aiken Standard. Retrieved 19 June 2025. Horen, A. S.; Lee, M. W. (March 1992). "Metal Hydride Based Isotope Separation
Savannah_River_Site
Defunct American nuclear production site
Engineer Works and B Reactor, the first full-scale plutonium production reactor in the world. Plutonium manufactured at the site was used in the first atomic
Hanford_Site
Group of chemical compounds
plutonium, forming the hydrides NpH2+x (face-centered cubic) and NpH3 (hexagonal). These are isostructural with the corresponding plutonium hydrides,
Neptunium_compounds
plutonium, but all-plutonium pits are the smallest in diameter and have been the standard since the early 1960s. Casting and then machining plutonium
Nuclear_weapon_design
Electrical generator that uses heat from radioactive decay
space by the United States was SNAP 3B in 1961 powered by 96 grams of plutonium-238 metal, aboard the Navy Transit 4A spacecraft. One of the first terrestrial
Radioisotope thermoelectric generator
Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator
Chemical compound
exothermic: Pu + As → PuAs Passing arsine through heated plutonium hydride: 2PuH2 + 2AsH3 → 2PuAs + 5H2 Plutonium arsenide forms black or dark gray crystals of a
Plutonium(III)_arsenide
F-block chemical elements
synthetically produced plutonium are the most abundant actinides on Earth. These have been used in nuclear reactors, and uranium and plutonium are critical elements
Actinide
World War II Allied nuclear weapons program
enriched uranium and plutonium as fuel for nuclear weapons. Enriched uranium was produced at the Clinton Engineer Works in Tennessee. Plutonium was produced in
Manhattan_Project
sulfate – Al2(SO4)3 Aluminium potassium sulfate – KAl(SO4)2 Aluminium hydride – AlH3 Americium(II) bromide – AmBr2 Americium(III) bromide – AmBr3 Americium(II)
List_of_inorganic_compounds
Secret laboratory established by the Manhattan Project
weapon using plutonium called Thin Man. In April 1944, the Los Alamos Laboratory determined that the rate of spontaneous fission in plutonium bred in a nuclear
Project_Y
Chemical compound
Plutonium(III) iodide is the iodide of plutonium with the chemical formula PuI3. Plutonium(III) iodide can be formed by the reaction of plutonium and
Plutonium(III)_iodide
Chemical element with atomic number 43 (Tc)
the separation of plutonium from uranium in nuclear fuel processing, where hydrazine is used as a protective reductant to keep plutonium in the trivalent
Technetium
Reduction of ketones and aldehydes to their corresponding alcohols
ruthenium hydride intermediate. The Meerwein–Ponndorf–Verley reduction has also been effected with synthetically useful yield by plutonium (III) isopropoxide
Meerwein–Ponndorf–Verley reduction
Meerwein–Ponndorf–Verley_reduction
Chemical element with atomic number 96 (Cm)
the cyclotron at Berkeley. They bombarded the newly discovered element plutonium (the isotope 239Pu) with alpha particles. This was then sent to the Metallurgical
Curium
dimethylcarbamate Lactonitrile Leptophos Lewisite Lindane Lithium hydride Malononitrile Manganese, tricarbonyl methylcyclopentadienyl Mechlorethamine
EPA list of extremely hazardous substances
EPA_list_of_extremely_hazardous_substances
Subproject of the Manhattan project
the plutonium project, the objective of which was to produce reactors to convert uranium into plutonium, to find ways to chemically separate plutonium from
Ames_Project
British metallurgist (1903–1992)
Alamos Laboratory, where he purified, cast and shaped uranium-235 and plutonium, a metal hitherto available only in microgram amounts, and whose properties
Cyril_Stanley_Smith
1960s NASA program which developed and tested nuclear reactors for satellites
disintegrated, dispersing roughly 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) of plutonium-238 over all continents. Most plutonium fell in the southern hemisphere. Estimated 630 TBq
Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power
Systems_for_Nuclear_Auxiliary_Power
Device for controlled nuclear reactions
weapons production and research. Fissile nuclei (primarily uranium-235 or plutonium-239) absorb single neutrons and split, releasing energy and multiple neutrons
Nuclear_reactor
Chemical compound
carbon with the chemical formula NpC. Heating of freshly obtained neptunium hydride with carbon at 1400 °C: NpHx + C → NpC + (x/2)H2↑ The compound forms black-grey
Neptunium_monocarbide
Form of water
capture therapy, and the production of radioactive materials such as plutonium and tritium. The deuterium nucleus consists of a neutron and a proton;
Heavy_water
Decommissioned nuclear reactor in Tennessee, US
enough plutonium for atomic bombs required reactors a thousand times as powerful, along with facilities to chemically separate the plutonium bred in
X-10_Graphite_Reactor
Chemical element with atomic number 1 (H)
liberate hydrogen. Covalent hydrides include boranes and polymeric aluminium hydride. Transition metals form metal hydrides via continuous dissolution
Hydrogen
Geochemical classification
metals in pegmatites and seawater. With the exception of fluorine, whose hydride forms hydrogen bonds and is therefore of relatively low volatility, these
Goldschmidt_classification
Chemical compound
nitride can be prepared by the reaction of freshly obtained neptunium hydride and ammonia: NpH3 + NH3 → NpN + 3H2 The reaction of neptunium and nitrogen
Neptunium_nitride
1957 nuclear accident in England
low[citation needed] to reduce production of the heavier plutonium isotopes like plutonium-240 and plutonium-241. The design initially called for the core to
Windscale_fire
Substance that slows down particles with no electric charge
ignite RAMROD a thermonuclear weapon designed by UCRL at the time. For a "hydride" primary, the degree of compression would not make deuterium to fuse, but
Neutron_moderator
Material fuelling nuclear reactors
uranium zirconium hydride (UZrH), and uranium zirconium carbonitride. Any of the aforementioned fuels can be made with plutonium and other actinides
Nuclear_fuel
Tabular arrangement of the chemical elements
promethium (element 61), astatine (element 85), neptunium (element 93), and plutonium (element 94). No element heavier than einsteinium (element 99) has ever
Periodic_table
13709–56–3 PuF6 plutonium(VI) fluoride 13693–06–6 PuH2 plutonium(II) hydride 17336–52–6 PuH3 plutonium(III) hydride 15457–77–9 PuI3 plutonium(III) iodide
List of CAS numbers by chemical compound
List_of_CAS_numbers_by_chemical_compound
Chemical element with atomic number 89 (Ac)
hydroxide at 500 °C (932 °F) results in the oxybromide AcOBr. Actinium hydride was obtained by reduction of actinium trichloride with potassium at 300 °C
Actinium
Chemical element with atomic number 36 (Kr)
HKrCN and HKrC≡CH (krypton hydride-cyanide and hydrokryptoacetylene) were reported to be stable up to 40 K. Krypton hydride (Kr(H2)4) crystals can be grown
Krypton
Chemical element with atomic number 91 (Pa)
carbon disulfide at 900 °C. In hydrides and nitrides, protactinium has a low oxidation state of about +3. The hydride is obtained by direct action of
Protactinium
Chemical element with atomic number 84 (Po)
occurring polonium compounds, as polonium alpha decays to form lead. Polonium hydride (PoH 2) is a volatile liquid at room temperature prone to dissociation;
Polonium
Isotope of thulium
rare-earth element, thulium-170 can be used as the pure metal or thulium hydride, but the most common form is as thulium oxide (Tm2O3) due to the refractory
Thulium-170
Chemical element with atomic number 13 (Al)
aluminium hydride is lithium aluminium hydride (LiAlH4), which is used as a reducing agent in organic chemistry. It can be produced from lithium hydride and
Aluminium
Former air-cooled graphite-moderated nuclear reactors
of the British post-war atomic bomb project and produced weapons-grade plutonium for use in nuclear weapons. Windscale Pile No. 1 became operational in
Windscale_Piles
Chemical element with atomic number 31 (Ga)
aluminium, gallium also forms a hydride, GaH 3, known as gallane, which may be produced by reacting lithium gallium hydride (LiGaH 4) with gallium(III) chloride
Gallium
Chemical element with atomic number 40 (Zr)
(March 2001). "Thermophysical properties of zirconium hydride and uranium–zirconium hydride". Journal of Nuclear Materials. 289 (3): 329–333. Bibcode:2001JNuM
Zirconium
Chemical element with atomic number 7 (N)
binary nitrogen hydrides are known, but the most important are hydrazine (N2H4) and hydrogen azide (HN3). Although it is not a nitrogen hydride, hydroxylamine
Nitrogen
Chemical compounds
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
Thorium_compounds
Hungarian-American physicist (1908–2003)
uranium hydride, which many of his fellow theorists said would be unlikely to work. At Livermore, Teller continued work on the uranium hydride bomb, and
Edward_Teller
Periodic table group
Silicon nitride has the formula Si3N4. Germanium forms five hydrides. The first two germanium hydrides are GeH4 and Ge2H6. Germanium forms tetrahalides with
Carbon_group
Chemical element with atomic number 97 (Bk)
Berkelium was the fifth transuranium element discovered after neptunium, plutonium, curium and americium. The major isotope of berkelium, 249Bk, is synthesized
Berkelium
Related chemical elements of the periodic table
form fewer stable hydrides, although both AlH3 and GaH3 exist. Indium, the next element in the group, is not known to form many hydrides, except in complex
Boron_group
and Arthur Wahl make the discovery of plutonium at the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory. They identify plutonium-238 from oxidation of a sample of beta-decaying
Timeline_of_nuclear_power
Device that emits neutrons
induce fusion between beams of deuterium and/or tritium ions and metal hydride targets which also contain these isotopes. The dense plasma focus neutron
Neutron_source
Chemical element with atomic number 21 (Sc)
the scandium(II) centers. Scandium hydride is not well understood, although it appears not to be a saline hydride of Sc(II). As is observed for most elements
Scandium
Colorless flammable liquid with an ammonia-like odor
inorganic compound with the chemical formula N2H4. It is a simple pnictogen hydride, and is a colourless flammable liquid with an ammonia-like odour. Hydrazine
Hydrazine
Chemical element with atomic number 18 (Ar)
fluoride and phosgene, was observed in 2010. Argon-36, in the form of argon hydride (argonium) ions, has been detected in interstellar medium associated with
Argon
British chemist
entire supply of plutonium which was 10 milligrams onto a wooden laboratory bench, and for recovered 9 and a half milligrams of plutonium. He recovered it
Alfred_Maddock
Chemical element with atomic number 90 (Th)
and pulled into wire. Thorium is nearly half as dense as uranium and plutonium and is harder than both. Thorium has a magnetic susceptibility of 0.412
Thorium
Chemical element with atomic number 51 (Sb)
+ 3 H+ → SbH3 Stibine can also be produced by treating Sb3+ salts with hydride reagents such as sodium borohydride. Stibine decomposes spontaneously at
Antimony
Chemical element with atomic number 77 (Ir)
oxidation states. One example is IrH5(PiPr3)2 (iPr = isopropyl). The ternary hydride Mg 6Ir 2H 11 is believed to contain both the IrH4− 5 and the 18-electron
Iridium
Chemical element with atomic number 50 (Sn)
the +4 oxidation state, is unstable. Organotin hydrides are however well known, e.g. tributyltin hydride (Sn(C4H9)3H). These compounds release transient
Tin
Isotope of hydrogen with two neutrons
are adsorbed as hydrides. High-energy fusion neutrons from the resulting fusion radiate in all directions. Some of these strike plutonium or uranium nuclei
Tritium
Elements with atomic numbers 57-70
localization of charge on the hydrogen atoms which become more anionic (H− hydride anion) in character. The only tetrahalides known are the tetrafluorides
Lanthanide
Chemical element with atomic number 85 (At)
hydrogen atom, implying that this compound could be referred to as astatine hydride according to certain nomenclatures. That would be consistent with the electronegativity
Astatine
Chemical element with atomic number 49 (In)
aluminium and gallium, it is insoluble in aqueous alkaline solutions. The hydride InH3 has at best a transitory existence in ethereal solutions at low temperatures
Indium
Chemical element with atomic number 80 (Hg)
give mercury(II) chloride, which resists further oxidation. Mercury(I) hydride, a colorless gas, has the formula HgH, containing no Hg-Hg bond; however
Mercury_(element)
the chemical symbol Pu (from P U) instead of the conventional "Pl" for plutonium as a joke, only to find it officially adopted. Unununium (Uuu) was the
List of chemical compounds with unusual names
List_of_chemical_compounds_with_unusual_names
Chemical element with atomic number 83 (Bi)
lowest values of thermal conductivity (after manganese, neptunium, and plutonium) and the highest Hall coefficient. It has the fourth highest electrical
Bismuth
German-born American scientist (born 1922)
atomic species with noble gas matrixes; the rational design of metal alloy hydrides for energy storage and heat pump applications; the determination of the
Dieter_Gruen
Manhattan Project uranium enrichment facility
bombing of Hiroshima, as well as the first examples of reactor-produced plutonium. It consisted of production facilities arranged at three major sites,
Clinton_Engineer_Works
Chemical element with atomic number 10 (Ne)
can form stable chemical species under extreme conditions. The helium hydride ion HeH⁺ has been experimentally observed, and high-pressure solids such
Neon
Chemical element with atomic number 12 (Mg)
magnesium sulfate heptahydrate (Epsom salts). As recently as 2020, magnesium hydride was under investigation as a way to store hydrogen. Magnesium has three
Magnesium
Chemical element with atomic number 57 (La)
lanthanum include: One material used for anodic material of nickel–metal hydride batteries is La(Ni 3.6Mn 0.4Al 0.3Co 0.7). Due to high cost to extract
Lanthanum
Any of the fifteen lanthanides plus scandium and yttrium
separating plutonium-239 and neptunium from uranium, thorium, actinium, and the other actinides in the materials produced in nuclear reactors. Plutonium-239
Rare-earth_element
Chemical element with atomic number 48 (Cd)
toxic, and nickel–cadmium batteries have been replaced with nickel–metal hydride and lithium-ion batteries. Because it is a neutron poison, cadmium is also
Cadmium
Hypothetical charge of an atom if all its bonds to different atoms were fully ionic
+2, respectively. Hydrogen has OS = +1 but adopts −1 when bonded as a hydride to metals or metalloids. Oxygen in compounds has OS = −2 but only when
Oxidation_state
Chemical element with atomic number 20 (Ca)
to store hydrogen gas, as it reacts with hydrogen to form solid calcium hydride, from which the hydrogen can easily be re-extracted. Calcium isotope fractionation
Calcium
Chemical element with atomic number 54 (Xe)
announced the preparation of xenon dihydride (HXeH), and later xenon hydride-hydroxide (HXeOH), hydroxenoacetylene (HXeCCH), and other Xe-containing
Xenon
metal, such as barium. Thermal oxidation of trace quantities of curium hydride (CmH2–3) has been reported to give a volatile form of CmO2 and the volatile
Curium_compounds
American physicist (1913–2009)
to produce plutonium by up to two years. The discovery of spontaneous fission in reactor-bred plutonium due to contamination by plutonium-240 led Wigner
Edward_Creutz
Chemical element with atomic number 22 (Ti)
leaching steps, and eventually results in pure titanium powder or titanium hydride. All welding of titanium must be done in an inert atmosphere of argon or
Titanium
Abbreviations used in chemistry
G. (1999-08-30). "Mechanically alloyed MmNi5-type materials for metal hydride electrodes". Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 290 (1–2): 262–266. doi:10
Chemical_symbol
Reactor accident due to core overheating
fuel cladding has been breached, and the nuclear fuel (such as uranium, plutonium, or thorium) and fission products (such as caesium-137, krypton-85, or
Nuclear_meltdown
Chemical element with atomic number 2 (He)
formed when primordial helium atoms combined with protons to form helium hydride ions, HeH+. In stars, helium is formed by the nuclear fusion of hydrogen
Helium
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n.
An elevated rational and ethical conception of the laws and forces of the universe; sometimes, imaginative or fantastic philosophical notions.
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the system of the Plutonists; igneous; as, the Plutonic theory.
a.
Of or containing acryl, the hypothetical radical of which acrolein is the hydride; as, acrylic acid.
a.
Of or pertaining to Pluto; Plutonian; hence, pertaining to the interior of the earth; subterranean.
n.
A hydride.
n.
The theory, early advanced in geology, that the successive rocks of the earth's crust were formed by igneous fusion; -- opposed to the Neptunian theory.
n.
The science which treats of phenomena due to plutonic action, as in volcanoes, hot springs, etc.
n.
A Plutonist.
n.
Antimony hydride, or hydrogen antimonide, a colorless gas produced by the action of nascent hydrogen on antimony. It has a characteristic odor and burns with a characteristic greenish flame. Formerly called also antimoniureted hydrogen.
n.
A compound of the binary type, in which hydrogen is united with some other element.
n.
One who adopts the geological theory of igneous fusion; a Plutonian. See Plutonism.
n.
A radical of which quinone is the hydride, analogous to phenyl.
a.
Relating to what is now called the Plutonic theory of the earth, first advanced by Dr. James Hutton.
n.
The doctrines or philosophy by Plato or of his followers.
n.
A heavy gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H8, of the paraffin series, occurring naturally dissolved in crude petroleum, and also made artificially; -- called also propyl hydride.
n.
A binary compound containing hydrogen; a hydride. [R.] See Hydride.
a.
Plutonic.
n.
A binary compound of hydrogen; a hydride.