Plutonium carbide

Plutonium carbide comes in several stoichiometries (PuC and Pu

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

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.

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Plutonium compounds

Plutonium(II)|

* PuH2
* PuB2

Plutonium(III)|

* PuH3
* PuB
* PuCl3
* PuF3

Plutonium(IV)|

* PuC
* PuF4
* PuO2
* Pu(C8H8)2

Plutonium(VI)|

* PuF6

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