Title: Plutonium, Chemical Element - water, uses, elements, metal, number, name, symbol, property
Headings: PLUTONIUM
PLUTONIUM
Overview
SYMBOL
Pu
ATOMIC NUMBER
94
ATOMIC MASS
244.0642
Discovery and naming
Physical properties
Chemical properties
Occurrence in nature
Isotopes
Extraction
Uses
Using fuel to make fuel
Compounds
Health effects
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Content: Plutonium  is also called a transuranium element. The term transuranium means  "beyond uranium." Elements with atomic numbers greater than that of uranium (92) are called  transuranium elements. SYMBOL
Pu
ATOMIC NUMBER
94
ATOMIC MASS
244.0642
FAMILY
Actinide
Transuranium element
PRONUNCIATION
plu-TOE-nee-um
Plutonium has two important uses. First, some of its isotopes will undergo  nuclear fission. Nuclear fission is a process in which an element is  bombarded with neutrons. The element breaks apart into simpler elements,  releasing large amounts of
Plutonium is used to make nuclear weapons. Here, a computerenhanced  image shows the mushroom-clouded aftermath of the dropping of the  atomic bomb over Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945. energy. Plutonium has been used to make nuclear weapons (such as  "atomic bombs") and in nuclear power plants to produce  electricity.