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Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Inorganic Chemicals [D01] » Elements » Elements, Radioactive » Actinoid Series Elements » Plutonium
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Inorganic Chemicals [D01] » Elements » Metals, Heavy » Plutonium
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Inorganic Chemicals [D01] » Isotopes » Radioisotopes » Elements, Radioactive » Actinoid Series Elements » Plutonium
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Inorganic Chemicals [D01] » Metals » Actinoid Series Elements » Plutonium
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Inorganic Chemicals [D01] » Metals » Metals, Heavy » Plutonium
Description
A naturally radioactive element of the actinide metals series. It has the atomic symbol Pu, and atomic number 94. Plutonium is used as a nuclear fuel, to produce radioisotopes for research, in radionuclide batteries for pacemakers, and as the agent of fission in nuclear weapons. MeSH
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