Plutonium (α-phase)

Plutonium (α-phase)

allotrope
Pu

One of the most complex elemental crystal structures ever discovered

← Allotrope of Plutonium

Plutonium holds the record for the most allotropes of any element — this is one of its six bizarre crystal forms.

A crystalline allotrope of Plutonium (space group C m c a), sourced from the Crystallography Open Database (COD 2106495).

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Crystallography

Catalogue identityPlutonium — Cmca
FormulaPu
Crystal systemorthorhombic
Space groupC m c a
Lattice (a, b, c) Å5.345, 14.884, 10.898
Angles (α, β, γ) °90, 90, 90

Structure data: Crystallography Open Database · Public domain (CC0)

Allotropes