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Plutonium nitride
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<h2 id="synthesis">Synthesis</h2> <p>Plutonium nitride can be prepared by the reaction of plutonium hydrides with nitrogen or ammonia at a temperature of 650 °C and a pressure of 0.3 kPa.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p><p>Another method to prepare plutonium nitride is from the reduction of <a href="/facts/Plutonium(III)_iodide/CCphVEIo">plutonium(III) iodide</a> with sodium in liquid <a href="/facts/Ammonia/MtLtJFtz">ammonia</a>: </p> PuI3 + NH3 + 3Na → PuN + 3NaI <p>Other reactions can also produce plutonium nitride:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> Pu + 1/2N2 +3/2H2 → PuN + 3/2H2 (at 1000°C) PuCl3 + 1/2N2 +3/2H2 → PuN + 3HCl (at 800–900°C) <h2 id="physical-properties">Physical properties</h2> <p>Plutonium nitride forms grey crystals in the <a href="/facts/Cubic_crystal_system/92Co7BKM">cubic system</a> with <i>Fm3m</i> <a href="/facts/Space_group/2XQx0J7M">space group</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> It can be dissolved electrochemically.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="uses">Uses</h2> <p>Plutonium nitride can be used as fuel in nuclear reactors.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Kotel'nikov, R.B.; Bashlykov, S.N.; Kashtanov, A.I.; Men'shikova, T.S. 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