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Plutonium-238

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Strong alpha emitter. Can be used as an atomic battery.
Figure 1.
Plutonium-238-oxide pellet glowing under its own heat
. Source. Unlike for nuclear applications, we don't need the pure metal, so the oxide 238PuO2 is used instead as it is more chemically stable.

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