Plutonium
Pu244.0642 g/mol Calculated
Also called Element-Pu and PU.
A synthetic radioactive metal made in reactors, the fuel of the Nagasaki bomb and of the generators that power deep-space probes. Element 94.
Sources and notes
- The introductionfrom sourceMoleculeFinder curated
- Other namesfrom sourcePubChem / Wikidata
- Formula and weightcomputedPubChem
- 2D drawingcomputedPubChem structure, drawn by RDKit
Where you encounter it
A pure element or an engineered material, rather than an ingredient in a product.
Sources and notes
- The line abovefrom sourceMoleculeFinder curatedFrom the group the molecule belongs to.
Properties and sources
Calculated by PubChem
- Molecular formula
- Pu
- Molecular weight
- 244.0642 g/mol
Groups it belongs to
- Category
- Element & material
- Family
- Chemical elements
SMILES
[Pu]PubChem CID 23940 · Wikidata Q1102 · InChIKey OYEHPCDNVJXUIW-UHFFFAOYSA-N · Data refreshed
Questions
- What is Plutonium?
- A synthetic radioactive metal made in reactors, the fuel of the Nagasaki bomb and of the generators that power deep-space probes. Element 94.
Sources and notes
- Calculated valuescomputedPubChemComputed from the structure, so no laboratory conditions apply; complexity is PubChem's own structural score.
- Data refreshedfrom sourceMoleculeFinder2026-11-09