Plutonium(III) phosphide
{{Short description|Plutonium compound}}
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| OtherNames = Plutonium monophosphide{{cite journal |last1=Lam |first1=D. J. |last2=Fradin |first2=F. Y. |last3=Kruger |first3=O. O. |title=Magnetic Properties of Plutonium Monophosphide |journal=Physical Review |date=10 November 1969 |volume=187 |issue=2 |pages=606–610 |doi=10.1103/PhysRev.187.606 |bibcode=1969PhRv..187..606L |language=en |issn=0031-899X}}
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| SMILES = [Pu]#[P]
| StdInChI= 1S/P.Pu
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| Density = 10.08 g/cm3
| MolarMass = 274.97
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Plutonium(III) phosphide is a binary inorganic compound of plutonium and phosphorus with the formula PuP.{{cite book |title=Nuclear Science Abstracts |date=1969 |publisher=Oak Ridge Directed Operations, Technical Information Division |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_q5_eGWjF8wC&dq=plutonium+phosphide+PuP&pg=PA1563 |access-date=10 January 2022 |language=en}}{{cite book |title=Fundamental Nuclear Energy Research |date=1964 |publisher=United States Atomic Energy Commission |page=235 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bdQJB2pDwnUC&dq=plutonium+phosphide+PuP&pg=RA2-PA235 |access-date=10 January 2022 |language=en}}
Synthesis
Fusion of excess phosphorus and powdered plutonium, followed by distillation of unreacted phosphorus:{{cite book |title=Reactor Fuel Processing |date=1964 |publisher=U.S. Argonne National Laboratory. |page=188 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kIVFAQAAIAAJ&dq=plutonium+phosphide+PuP&pg=RA2-PA246 |access-date=10 January 2022 |language=en}}
::4 Pu + P4 → 4 PuP
Passing phosphine through heated plutonium hydride:
::PuH3 + PH3 → PuP + 3 H2
Physical properties
Plutonium(III) phosphide forms black crystals of a cubic system, space group Fm3m,{{cite web |title=mp-926: PuP (cubic, Fm-3m, 225) |url=https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-926/ |publisher=materialsproject.org |access-date=10 January 2022}} cell parameters a = 0.5660 nm, Z = 4, structure of the NaCl type.{{cite book |title=NBS Monograph |date=1959 |publisher=National Bureau of Standards |page=65 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SUB7V7hqZTMC&dq=plutonium+phosphide+PuP&pg=RA1-PA65 |access-date=10 January 2022 |language=en}}{{cite journal |last1=Gorum |first1=A. E. |title=The crystal structures of PuAs, PuTe, PuP and PuOSe |journal=Acta Crystallographica |date=10 February 1957 |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=144 |doi=10.1107/S0365110X5700047X}}
References
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