Plutonium oxybromide is an inorganic compound of plutonium, oxygen, and bromine with the chemical formula PuOBr.[2][3][4][5]

Synthesis

The compound was first observed by Davidson et al. in 1949 as a residue from the sublimation of small amounts of PuBr3 in a silica tube. Pure PuOBr can be obtained by treating plutonim(IV) hydroxide with moist hydrogen bromide at 750 °C.[6]

It is also produced in the reaction between plutonium dioxide and hydrogen bromide:[7]

PuO2 + ½H2 + HBr → PuOBr + H2O

Physical properties

Plutonium oxybromide forms dark green crystals of tetragonal system, space group P4/nmm.[8]

Chemical properties

The compound reacts with dilute acids:[9]

PuOBr + 2HBr → PuBr3 + H2O

References

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  3. ^ Nowacki, J. D. H. Donnay, and Werner (1954). Crystal Data: Classification of Substances by Space Groups and their Identification from Cell Dimensions. Geological Society of America. p. 702. ISBN 978-0-8137-1060-0. Retrieved 13 July 2025. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Bibliography on the High Temperature Chemistry and Physics of Materials. The Bureau. 1989. p. 33. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  5. ^ Fuger, J. (1983). The Actinide Halides. International Atomic Energy Agency. p. 182. ISBN 978-92-0-149183-1. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
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  7. ^ Long-range Charge Transfer in DNA (in German). Springer. 1951. p. 500. ISBN 978-3-540-65301-1. Retrieved 13 July 2025. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  8. ^ Donnay, Joseph Désiré Hubert (1973). Crystal Data: Inorganic compounds. National Bureau of Standards. p. 129. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  9. ^ Lemire, R. J. et al., Chemical Thermodynamics of Neptunium and Plutonium, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2001.
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