Plutonium carbide

Plutonium carbide comes in several stoichiometries (PuC and Pu₂C₃).^[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.

Plutonium compounds

Plutonium(II)	PuH₂ PuB₂

Plutonium(III)	PuH₃ PuB PuCl₃ PuF₃

Plutonium(IV)	PuC PuF₄ PuO₂

Plutonium(VI)	PuF₆

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