Meaning & Definition of Plutonium in English
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Plutonium
/plutoʊniəm/
noun
1. 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
synonym:
- plutonium,
- Pu,
- atomic number 94