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Plutonium(III) fluoride
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<p>Plutonium(III) fluoride or plutonium trifluoride is the <a href="/facts/Chemical_compound/37FXqqtv">chemical compound</a> composed of <a href="/facts/Plutonium/4bUw9zH3">plutonium</a> and <a href="/facts/Fluorine/YUV0Fb8m">fluorine</a> with the <a href="/facts/Chemical_formula/hghUtthl">formula</a> PuF3. This salt forms violet crystals. Plutonium(III) fluoride has the <a href="/facts/Lanthanum(III)_fluoride/uYAvd936">LaF3</a> structure where the coordination around the plutonium atoms is complex and usually described as tri-capped <a href="/facts/Trigonal_crystal_system/sSSok8wo">trigonal</a> prismatic. </p>