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Is plutonium man made?


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  1. Plutonium: Plutonium is an f- block element and it is studied under the actinide series.
  2. Plutonium is considered a man-made element.
  3. Plutonium is a radioactive element.
  4. It is the most common radioisotope.
  5. Glen Seaborg, Edwin Mcmillan, and some other scientists had bombarded alpha particles(mass number 4) on uranium(mass number 238) and discovered the element name plutonium.
  6. The picture of plutonium is given as-

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Hence, plutonium is a man-made element.


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