Plutonium(III) fluoride

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IUPACName = Plutonium(III) fluoride
OtherNames = Plutonium fluoride, plutonium trifluoride
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Formula = PuF₃
MolarMass = 301.059 g/mol
Appearance = violet crystals
Density = 9.3 g/cm³
MeltingPt = 1396°CCitation
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title = Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
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pages = 113
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BoilingPt = decomposes at 2000°Ccite web |url= http://202.114.88.54/g/web18/wangluo/webelements/webelements/compounds/text/pu/f3pu1-13842836.html |title= Chemistry: Periodic Table: Plutonium: compound data (plutonium (III) fluoride) |accessdate=2008-06-20 |publisher= WebElements |date= ]
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OtherAnions = Plutonium(III) chloride
Plutonium(IV) oxide
OtherCations = Samarium(III) fluoride
Plutonium(IV) fluoride Plutonium(VI) fluoride

Plutonium(III) fluoride or plutonium trifluoride is the chemical compound composed of plutonium and fluorine with the formula PuF₃. It forms violet crystals. Plutonium(III) fluoride has the LaF₃ structure where the coordination around the plutonium atoms is complex and usually described as tri-capped trigonal prismatic. [ Wells A.F. (1984) "Structural Inorganic Chemistry" 5th edition Oxford Science Publications ISBN 0-19-855370-6 ]

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A plutonium(III) fluoride precipitation method has been investigated as an alternative to the typical plutonium peroxide method of recovering plutonium from solution, such as that from a nuclear reprocessing plantCitation
last = Gupta
first = C. K.
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last2 = Mukherjee
first2 = T. K.
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year = 1990
title = Hydrometallurgy in Extraction Processes
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isbn = 0849368057
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oclc =21197603
pages = 206–8
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=IV4iOAESyTMC&pg=PA206&lpg=PA206&dq=%22plutonium+peroxide%22&source=web&ots=bTia9eNKwo&sig=xO7msK_EsOW-cBlDCxXcqUt1dTU&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#PPA206,M1
accessdate = 2008-06-20] .A 1957 study by the Los Alamos National Laboratory reported a less effective recovery than the traditional methodCitation
last = Winchester
first = R. S.
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publication-date = 1958
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year = 1957
title = Aqueous Decontamination of Plutonium from Fission Product Elements
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place = Los Alamos, NM
publisher = Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of the University of California
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pages = 9–10
url = http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/doe/lanl/lib-www/la-pubs/00191208.pdf
accessdate = 2008-06-20] , while a more recent study sponsored by the United States Office of Scientific and Technical Information found it to be one of the more effective methodsCitation
last = Martella
first = L. L.
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last2 = Saba
first2 = M. T.
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last3 = Campbell
first3 = G. K.
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publication-date = 1984
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title = Laboratory-scale evaluations of alternative plutonium precipitation methods
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