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Pu*

  1. plutonium.

    Category: Chemistry

* Chem. Symbol..

Princeton's WordNet

  1. plutonium, Pu, atomic number 94(noun)

    a solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons; found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors; 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239


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