Plutonium carbide

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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. ISBN 9780080578606.

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v t e Plutonium compounds
Plutonium(II)	PuH₂ PuB₂ PuSe PuSi
Plutonium(III)	PuAs PuH₃ PuP PuB PuF₃ PuCl₃ PuBr₃ PuI₃ PuN
Plutonium(IV)	PuC Pu(NO₃)₄ PuF₄ PuO₂ Pu(IO₃)₄ Pu(SO₄)₂ Pu(C₈H₈)₂
Plutonium(V)	PuF₅ XePuF₆
Plutonium(VI)	PuF₆
Plutonium(VIII)	PuO₄