Plutonium (β-phase)

Plutonium (β-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 F d d d :1), sourced from the Crystallography Open Database (COD 9008588).

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Crystallography

Catalogue identityPlutonium — Fddd
FormulaPu
Crystal systemorthorhombic
Space groupF d d d :1
Lattice (a, b, c) Å3.1587, 5.7682, 10.162
Angles (α, β, γ) °90, 90, 90
Density (g/cm³)17.507

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

Allotropes