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Chemical and Physical Properties of Plutonium

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Uranium · Plutonium Transplutonic Elements

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During the thirty years which have elapsed since the discovery of plutonium in 1940 (Seaborg et al., 1946) all aspects of its chemistry have been intensively studied and plutonium is now amongst the best understood elements in the periodic table.

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Taylor, D.M. (1973). Chemical and Physical Properties of Plutonium. In: Hodge, H.C., Hursh, J.B., Stannard, J.N. (eds) Uranium · Plutonium Transplutonic Elements. Handbuch der experimentellen Pharmakologie / Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, vol 36. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65551-7_9

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