Die chemiese element plutonium (Pu), met ’n atoommassa van ongeveer 239 u, het geen stabiele isotope nie en word dus as ’n radioaktiewe element geklassifiseer. Altesaam 21 isotope van plutonium is bekend. 244Pu is met ’n halfleeftyd van sowat 80 miljoen jaar die stabielste. Die belangrikste isotope van plutonium is:
Alle ander isotope het ’n halfleeftyd van minder as 7 000 jaar.
Die splytbare isotope word gebruik as brandstof in ’n kernreaktor. 240Pu kan neutrone absorbeer en is daarna splytbaar. By die verval van 238Pu word vervalhitte vrygestel. Hiermee kan termo-elektriese kragopwekkers elektriese energie lewer. Onder meer Voyager 1, Voyager 2 en Cassini-Huygens gebruik hierdie energiebron.[1]
Nuklied | Z (p) | N (n) | Isotopiese massa (u) | Halfleeftyd | Radioaktiewe verval | VP | Kernspin | Isotopiese verhouding (molfraksie) |
Natuurlike voorkoms (molfraksie) |
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Opwekkingsenergie | |||||||||
228Pu | 94 | 134 | 228,03874(3) | 1,1(+20-5) s | α (99,9%) | 224U | 0+ | ||
β+ (0,1%) | 228Np | ||||||||
229Pu | 94 | 135 | 229,04015(6) | 120(50) s | α | 225U | 3/2+ | ||
230Pu | 94 | 136 | 230,039650(16) | 1,70(17) min. | α | 226U | 0+ | ||
β+ (spore) | 230Np | ||||||||
231Pu | 94 | 137 | 231,041101(28) | 8,6(5) min. | β+ | 231Np | 3/2+ | ||
α (spore) | 227U | ||||||||
232Pu | 94 | 138 | 232,041187(19) | 33,7(5) min. | EV (89%) | 232Np | 0+ | ||
α (11%) | 228U | ||||||||
233Pu | 94 | 139 | 233,04300(5) | 20,9(4) min. | β+ (99,88%) | 233Np | 5/2+ | ||
α (0,12%) | 229U | ||||||||
234Pu | 94 | 140 | 234,043317(7) | 8,8(1) uur | EV (94%) | 234Np | 0+ | ||
α (6%) | 230U | ||||||||
235Pu | 94 | 141 | 235,045286(22) | 25,3(5) min. | β+ (99,99%) | 235Np | (5/2+) | ||
α (0,0027%) | 231U | ||||||||
236Pu | 94 | 142 | 236,0460580(24) | 2,858(8) jaar | α | 232U | 0+ | ||
SS (1,37 × 10−7%) | (divers) | ||||||||
TV (2 × 10−12%) | 208Pb 28Mg | ||||||||
β+β+ (spore) | 236U | ||||||||
237Pu | 94 | 143 | 237,0484097(24) | 45,2(1) dae | EV | 237Np | 7/2– | ||
α (0,0042%) | 233U | ||||||||
237m1Pu | 145,544(10) keV | 180(20) ms | IV | 237Pu | 1/2+ | ||||
237m2Pu | 2900(250) keV | 1,1(1) µs | |||||||
238Pu | 94 | 144 | 238,0495599(20) | 87,7(1) jaar | α | 234U | 0+ | ||
SS (1,9 × 10−7%) | (diverse) | ||||||||
TV (1,4 × 10−14%) | 206Hg 32Si | ||||||||
TV (6 × 10−15%) | 180Yb 30Mg 28Mg | ||||||||
239Pu | 94 | 145 | 239,0521634(20) | 2,411(3) × 104 jaar | α | 235mU | 1/2+ | ||
SS (3,1 × 10−10%) | (divers) | ||||||||
239m1Pu | 391,584(3) keV | 193(4) ns | 7/2– | ||||||
239m2Pu | 3100(200) keV | 7,5(10) µs | (5/2+) | ||||||
240Pu | 94 | 146 | 240,0538135(20) | 6,561(7) × 103 jaar | α | 236U | 0+ | ||
SS (5,7 × 10−6%) | (divers) | ||||||||
TV (1,3 × 10−13%) | 206Hg 34Si | ||||||||
241Pu | 94 | 147 | 241,0568515(20) | 14,290(6) jaar | β− (99,99%) | 241Am | 5/2+ | ||
α (,00245%) | 237U | ||||||||
SS (2,4 × 10−14%) | (divers) | ||||||||
241m1Pu | 161,6(1) keV | 0,88(5) µs | 1/2+ | ||||||
241m2Pu | 2200(200) keV | 21(3) µs | |||||||
242Pu | 94 | 148 | 242,0587426(20) | 3,75(2) × 105 jaar | α | 238U | 0+ | ||
SS (5,5 × 10−4%) | (divers) | ||||||||
243Pu | 94 | 149 | 243,062003(3) | 4,956(3) uur | β− | 243Am | 7/2+ | ||
243mPu | 383,6(4) keV | 330(30) ns | (1/2+) | ||||||
244Pu | 94 | 150 | 244,064204(5) | 8,00(9) × 107 jaar | α (99,88%) | 240U | 0+ | Spore | |
SS (0,123%) | (divers) | ||||||||
β−β− (7,3 × 10−9%) | 244Cm | ||||||||
245Pu | 94 | 151 | 245,067747(15) | 10,5(1) uur | β− | 245Am | (9/2–) | ||
246Pu | 94 | 152 | 246,070205(16) | 10,84(2) d | β− | 246mAm | 0+ | ||
247Pu | 94 | 153 | 247,07407(32) | 2,27(23) d | β− | 247Am | 1/2+ |
1H | 2He | 3Li | 4Be | 5B | 6C | 7N | 8O | 9F | 10Ne | 11Na | 12Mg | 13Al | 14Si | 15P | 16S | 17Cl | 18Ar | 19K | |
20Ca | 21Sc | 22Ti | 23V | 24Cr | 25Mn | 26Fe | 27Co | 28Ni | 29Cu | 30Zn | 31Ga | 32Ge | 33As | 34Se | 35Br | 36Kr | 37Rb | 38Sr | 39Y |
40Zr | 41Nb | 42Mo | 43Tc | 44Ru | 45Rh | 46Pd | 47Ag | 48Cd | 49In | 50Sn | 51Sb | 52Te | 53I | 54Xe | 55Cs | 56Ba | 57La | 58Ce | 59Pr |
60Nd | 61Pm | 62Sm | 63Eu | 64Gd | 65Tb | 66Dy | 67Ho | 68Er | 69Tm | 70Yb | 71Lu | 72Hf | 73Ta | 74W | 75Re | 76Os | 77Ir | 78Pt | 79Au |
80Hg | 81Tl | 82Pb | 83Bi | 84Po | 85At | 86Rn | 87Fr | 88Ra | 89Ac | 90Th | 91Pa | 92U | 93Np | 94Pu | 95Am | 96Cm | 97Bk | 98Cf | 99Es |
100Fm | 101Md | 102No | 103Lr | 104Rf | 105Db | 106Sg | 107Bh | 108Hs | 109Mt | 110Ds | 111Rg | 112Cn | 113Nh | 114Fl | 115Mc | 116Lv | 117Ts | 118Og |