Plutonium oxychloride
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| Names | |
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| Other names
Plutonium oxide chloride | |
| Identifiers | |
3D model (JSmol) |
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| Properties | |
| PuOCl | |
| Molar mass | 295 g/mol |
| Appearance | green crystals |
| Density | 8.81 g/cm3 |
| insoluble | |
| Structure | |
| tetragonal | |
| P4/nmm | |
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Other anions |
Plutonium oxyfluoride Plutonium oxybromide Plutonium oxyiodide |
Other cations |
Lanthanum oxychloride Neodymium oxychloride Americium(III) oxychloride Curium(III) oxychloride Actinium oxychloride |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Plutonium oxychloride is an inorganic compound of plutonium, oxygen, and chlorine with the chemical formula PuOCl.[1]
It is produced in a reaction of plutonium(III) oxide with calcium chloride:[2]
- Pu2O3 + CaCl2 → 2PuOCl + CaO
It is also formed in trace quantities in the reaction between plutonium trichloride and calcium oxide, which mainly produces plutonium monoxide:[3]
- PuCl3 + CaO → PuOCl + CaCl2
The compound is also synthesized by heating PuCl3·6H2O in a sealed tube, or by treating PuO2 or PuCl3 at 650 °C with a vapour mixture prepared via bubbling H2 through aqueous HCl.[4]