Plutonium Carbide

Plutonium carbide comes in several stoichiometries (PuC and Pu
2C
3).^[1] It can be used as a nuclear fuel for nuclear reactors in conjunction with uranium carbide. The mixture is also labeled as uranium-plutonium carbide (UPuC).

References

↑ Emeléus, Harry Julius; Alan G. Sharpe (1968). Advances in inorganic chemistry and radiochemistry, Volume 12. New York, New York: Academic Press. pp. 205–206. ISBN 9780080578606. https://books.google.com/books?id=-SnCsg5jM_kC&q="plutonium+carbide"&pg=PA206.

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[1] Emeléus, Harry Julius; Alan G. Sharpe (1968). Advances in inorganic chemistry and radiochemistry, Volume 12. New York, New York: Academic Press. pp. 205–206. ISBN 9780080578606. https://books.google.com/books?id=-SnCsg5jM_kC&q="plutonium+carbide"&pg=PA206.

v t e Plutonium compounds
Plutonium(II)	PuH₂ PuB₂
Plutonium(III)	PuH₃ PuB PuCl₃ PuF₃
Plutonium(IV)	PuC PuF₄ PuO₂ Pu(C₈H₈)₂
Plutonium(VI)	PuF₆