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Plutonium-238
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2024-12-15
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2024-08-14
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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
238
PuO
2
is used instead as it is more chemically stable.
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