Plutonium

Of element.   May also be referred to as Pu and atomic number 94.

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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    A highly fissionable isotope of plutonium that is used in atomic weapons and as a...