Plutonium carbide

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

  1. ^ 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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