Plutonium selenide

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| OtherNames = Plutonium monoselenide, Plutonium(II) selenide

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| MolarMass = 323.024

| Appearance = Black crystals

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| OtherCations = Magnesium selenide
Strontium selenide
Barium selenide
Iron(II) selenide
Iron(III) selenide
Lead(II) selenide
Praseodymium selenide

| OtherAnions = Plutonium sulfide
Plutonium telluride

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Plutonium selenide is a binary inorganic compound of plutonium and selenium with the chemical formula PuSe.{{cite book |last1=Eyring |first1=LeRoy |last2=O'Keeffe |first2=Michael |title=The Chemistry of Extended Defects in Non-metallic Solids: Proceedings of the Institute for Advanced Study on the Chemistry of Extended Defects in Non-Metallic Solids, Casa Blanca Inn, Scottsdale, Arizona, April 16-26, 1969 |date=1970 |publisher=North-Holland Publishing Company |isbn=978-0-7204-0164-6 |page=140 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WtHQAAAAMAAJ&q=Plutonium+selenide |access-date=6 August 2021 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Burke |first1=Robert |title=Hazardous Materials Chemistry for Emergency Responders |date=17 June 2013 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-4398-4986-6 |page=85 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XHfRBQAAQBAJ&q=plutonium+selenide&pg=PA85 |access-date=6 August 2021 |language=en}} The compound forms black crystals and does not dissolve in water.

Synthesis

Reaction of diplutonium triselenide and plutonium trihydride:

: 2 {Pu2Se3} + 2 {PuH3} ->[\text{1600 °C}] 4 {PuSe} + 3 {H2}

Fusion of stoichiometric amounts of pure substances:

:{Pu} + {Se} ->[\text{220–1000 °C}] PuSe

Properties

Plutonium selenide forms black crystals of a cubic system, space group Fm{{overline|3}}m, cell parameters a = 0.57934 nm, Z = 4, structure of the NaCl type.{{cite journal |last1=Gensini |first1=M. |last2=Gering |first2=E. |last3=Heathman |first3=S. |last4=Benedict |first4=U. |last5=Spirlet |first5=J. C. |title=High-pressure phases of plutonium monoselenide studied by X-ray diffraction |journal=High Pressure Research |date=1 April 1990 |volume=2 |issue=5–6 |pages=347–359 |doi=10.1080/08957959008203187 |bibcode=1990HPR.....2..347G |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08957959008203187?journalCode=ghpr20 |access-date=6 August 2021 |issn=0895-7959}}{{cite web |title=WebElements Periodic Table » Plutonium » plutonium selenide |url=https://www.webelements.com/compounds/plutonium/plutonium_selenide.html |publisher=webelements.com |access-date=6 August 2021}}

With increasing pressure, two phase transitions occur: at 20 GPa into the trigonal system and at 35 GPa into the cubic system, a structure of the CsCl type.

Its magnetic susceptibility follows the Curie-Weiss law.{{cite book |last1=Macintyre |first1=Jane E. |title=Dictionary of Inorganic Compounds |date=23 July 1992 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-0-412-30120-9 |page=3783 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9eJvoNCSCRMC&q=plutonium+selenide&pg=PA3783 |access-date=6 August 2021 |language=en}}

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