PLUTONIUM
WHY PLUTONIUM
I PICKED PLUTONIUM BECAUSE MY GRANDFATHER IS A NUCLEAR PHYSICIST AND WORK WITH PLUTONIUM.
I PICKED PLUTONIUM BECAUSE MY GRANDFATHER IS A NUCLEAR PHYSICIST AND WORK WITH PLUTONIUM.
ABOUT PLUTONIUM
-THE SYMBOL IS Pu
-ITS MELTING POINT IS 913 K (640 C OR 1184 F)
-THE ATOMIC NUMBER IS 94
-ITS BOILING POINT IS 3501 K (3228 C OR 5842 F)
- FREEZING POINT IS UNKNOWN
-THE ATOMIC MASS IS 244
-ITS A METAL AND ITS PERIOD NUMBER IS 7
-IT IS A SYNTHETIC ELEMENT
-IT HAS NO GROUP NUMBER
-THE COLOR IS LIGHT GREY
-IT IS PART OF THE ELEMENT GROUP ACTINID
-94 PROTONS
-94 ELECTRONS
-150 NUTRONS
-MOST RADIOACTIVE/DANGEROUS ELEMENT
THE PLUTONIUM ATOM
HOW PLUTONIUM IS CREATED
THE DISCOVERY
THE ELEMENT WAS INVENTED BY GLENN T. SEABORG, JOSEPH W. KENNEDY, EDWARD M. MCMILLAN, AND ARTHUR C. WAHL IN FEBRUARY OF 1940. THE ELEMENT WAS MADE FROM URANIUM, THEY PUT THE URANIUM INTO A NUCLEAR REACTOR. THIS SYNTHETIC ELEMENTS HALF LIFE IS 87 YEARS AND 52 DAYS. THE ELEMENT WAS FOUND IN BERKELEY CALIFORNIA.
THE ELEMENT WAS INVENTED BY GLENN T. SEABORG, JOSEPH W. KENNEDY, EDWARD M. MCMILLAN, AND ARTHUR C. WAHL IN FEBRUARY OF 1940. THE ELEMENT WAS MADE FROM URANIUM, THEY PUT THE URANIUM INTO A NUCLEAR REACTOR. THIS SYNTHETIC ELEMENTS HALF LIFE IS 87 YEARS AND 52 DAYS. THE ELEMENT WAS FOUND IN BERKELEY CALIFORNIA.
USES
-PLUTONIUM HAS BEEN USED FOR MANY THINGS SUCH AS WINNING WWII SO ITS VERY IMPORTANT, WE FIRST USED A PLUTONIUM BOMB TO DROP ON HIROSHIMA JAPAN, AUGUST 6, 1945. THE BOMB WAS CALLED LITTLE BOY AND WAS MEANT TO HIT A JAPANESE BASE, THE PLANE THAT DROPPED THE BOMB WAS CALLED THE ENOLA GAY AND IT WAS FLOWN BY COLONEL PAUL TIBBETS AND LITTLE BOY WAS THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB USED AS A WEAPON.
-THREE DAYS LATER FAT MAN WAS DROPPED ON NAGASAKI ANOTHER JAPANESE BASE. 64 KILOGRAMS OF URANIUM WAS IN LITTLE BOY AND 6.2 KILOGRAMS OF PLUTONIUM WAS USED IN FAT MAN.
-IN RUSSIA DURING THE COLD WAR AROUND 170 TONNES OF PLUTONIUM WAS USED FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONRY.
-PLUTONIUM IS FOUND IN ALMOST EVERY NUCLEAR WEAPON
FACTS
-PLUTONIUM IS ALSO THE MOST DANGEROUS ELEMENT IN THE PERIODIC TABLE AND IT IS SO DANGEROUS BREAK IN A HANDLING CONTAINER WHEN IT OXIDIZES, AND WHEN HANDLED CAN RELEASE A DUST CALLED EMITS ALPHA PARTICLE WHICH CAN CAUSE LUNG CANCER.
-PLUTONIUM GOT ITS NAME FROM THE PLANET PLUTO THE NEXT PLANET NEPTUNE (NEPTUNIUM) AND SEABORG WAS GOING TO NAME IT PLUTNIUM BUT IT DID NOT SOUND AS GOOD AS PLUTONIUM AND OTHER CONSIDERED ULTIMIUIM AND EXTREMIUM.
-THE FIRST NUCLEAR BOMB WAS USED IN HIROSHIMA DURING WWII AND IT HAD THE SAME ENERGY AS ABOUT 20,000 TONNES OF TNT.
-HOW THE PLUTONIUM BOMB WORKS IS THE PLUTONIUM RADIO ACTIVITY BURNS THE AIR.
-THEIR HAVE BEEN BAD LEAKAGES OF PLUTONIUM, ONE OF THEM IS THE PLUTONIUM LEAK AT 3 MILE ISLAND ON MARCH 28, 1979 A COOLING MALFUNCTION CAUSED THE CORE OF THE SECOND REACTOR TO MELT.
-ANOTHER ONE IS THE PLUTONIUM LEAK IN -JAPAN ON MARCH 11 A TSUNAMI AND EARTHQUAKE CAUSED A PLUTONIUM LEAKAGE.
-DURING WWII A BALL THAT CAN FIT IN THE HAND WIPED OUT HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI.
-PLUTONIUM IS IN EVERY NUCLEAR REACTOR.
-PLUTONIUM HAS BEEN USED FOR MANY THINGS SUCH AS WINNING WWII SO ITS VERY IMPORTANT, WE FIRST USED A PLUTONIUM BOMB TO DROP ON HIROSHIMA JAPAN, AUGUST 6, 1945. THE BOMB WAS CALLED LITTLE BOY AND WAS MEANT TO HIT A JAPANESE BASE, THE PLANE THAT DROPPED THE BOMB WAS CALLED THE ENOLA GAY AND IT WAS FLOWN BY COLONEL PAUL TIBBETS AND LITTLE BOY WAS THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB USED AS A WEAPON.
-THREE DAYS LATER FAT MAN WAS DROPPED ON NAGASAKI ANOTHER JAPANESE BASE. 64 KILOGRAMS OF URANIUM WAS IN LITTLE BOY AND 6.2 KILOGRAMS OF PLUTONIUM WAS USED IN FAT MAN.
-IN RUSSIA DURING THE COLD WAR AROUND 170 TONNES OF PLUTONIUM WAS USED FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONRY.
-PLUTONIUM IS FOUND IN ALMOST EVERY NUCLEAR WEAPON
FACTS
-PLUTONIUM IS ALSO THE MOST DANGEROUS ELEMENT IN THE PERIODIC TABLE AND IT IS SO DANGEROUS BREAK IN A HANDLING CONTAINER WHEN IT OXIDIZES, AND WHEN HANDLED CAN RELEASE A DUST CALLED EMITS ALPHA PARTICLE WHICH CAN CAUSE LUNG CANCER.
-PLUTONIUM GOT ITS NAME FROM THE PLANET PLUTO THE NEXT PLANET NEPTUNE (NEPTUNIUM) AND SEABORG WAS GOING TO NAME IT PLUTNIUM BUT IT DID NOT SOUND AS GOOD AS PLUTONIUM AND OTHER CONSIDERED ULTIMIUIM AND EXTREMIUM.
-THE FIRST NUCLEAR BOMB WAS USED IN HIROSHIMA DURING WWII AND IT HAD THE SAME ENERGY AS ABOUT 20,000 TONNES OF TNT.
-HOW THE PLUTONIUM BOMB WORKS IS THE PLUTONIUM RADIO ACTIVITY BURNS THE AIR.
-THEIR HAVE BEEN BAD LEAKAGES OF PLUTONIUM, ONE OF THEM IS THE PLUTONIUM LEAK AT 3 MILE ISLAND ON MARCH 28, 1979 A COOLING MALFUNCTION CAUSED THE CORE OF THE SECOND REACTOR TO MELT.
-ANOTHER ONE IS THE PLUTONIUM LEAK IN -JAPAN ON MARCH 11 A TSUNAMI AND EARTHQUAKE CAUSED A PLUTONIUM LEAKAGE.
-DURING WWII A BALL THAT CAN FIT IN THE HAND WIPED OUT HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI.
-PLUTONIUM IS IN EVERY NUCLEAR REACTOR.
SOURCES=
WEBSITES=
-http://www.answers.com/topic/plutonium
-http://www.chemicool.com/elements/plutonium.html
-http://www.npr.org/2011/03/29/134942677/toxic-plutonium-seeping-from-japans-nuclear-plant
-http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Safety-and-Security/Safety-of-Plants/Three-Mile-Island-accident/#.UUttdReG3Z6
PICTURES=
-http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=923&q=plutonium&oq=plutonium&gs
-http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=3+mile+island&qpvt=3+mile+island&FORM=IGRE&&id=1F45B507586FABE26FB0A2549B54596D5A6AFCC0&selectedIndex=0#view=detail&id=1F45B507586FABE26FB0A2549B54596D5A6AFCC0&selectedIndex=0
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VIDS=
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLufmakbiU0
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6RaQFjjkAo
BOOKS=
-world book/enciclopidia/plutonium
OTHER RESOURCES=
-me
=BIBLIOGRAPHY'S
-ROSENCSHIEN, BOB. "PLUTONIUM." Answers.com. Answers, 1999. Web. 20 Mar. 2013.
-Hsu, David D. "The Periodic Table." Periodic Table of Elements and
Chemistry. N.p., 1996. Web. 20 Mar. 2013.
-http://www.world-nuclear.org/WNA/ (COULD NOT FIND)
-Barclay, Eliza. "Plutonium Found Leaking Out Of Japan Nuclear Plant." NPR. NPR, 2008. Web. 21 Mar. 2013.
WEBSITES=
-http://www.answers.com/topic/plutonium
-http://www.chemicool.com/elements/plutonium.html
-http://www.npr.org/2011/03/29/134942677/toxic-plutonium-seeping-from-japans-nuclear-plant
-http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Safety-and-Security/Safety-of-Plants/Three-Mile-Island-accident/#.UUttdReG3Z6
PICTURES=
-http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=923&q=plutonium&oq=plutonium&gs
-http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=3+mile+island&qpvt=3+mile+island&FORM=IGRE&&id=1F45B507586FABE26FB0A2549B54596D5A6AFCC0&selectedIndex=0#view=detail&id=1F45B507586FABE26FB0A2549B54596D5A6AFCC0&selectedIndex=0
-http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A0PDoV09I1JR4wUAhTWJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DTHE%2B
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-http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1768&bih=876&q=3+mile+island&oq=3+MILE+&gs_l=img.1.0.0l10.2758.4315.0.6207.7.7.0.0.0.0.76.469.7.7.0...0.0...1ac.1.7.img.
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VIDS=
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLufmakbiU0
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6RaQFjjkAo
BOOKS=
-world book/enciclopidia/plutonium
OTHER RESOURCES=
-me
=BIBLIOGRAPHY'S
-ROSENCSHIEN, BOB. "PLUTONIUM." Answers.com. Answers, 1999. Web. 20 Mar. 2013.
-Hsu, David D. "The Periodic Table." Periodic Table of Elements and
Chemistry. N.p., 1996. Web. 20 Mar. 2013.
-http://www.world-nuclear.org/WNA/ (COULD NOT FIND)
-Barclay, Eliza. "Plutonium Found Leaking Out Of Japan Nuclear Plant." NPR. NPR, 2008. Web. 21 Mar. 2013.