Alternating layers of plutonium and lead or indium as surrogate for plutonium

Elemental plutonium (Pu) assumes more crystal structures than other elements, plausibly due to bonding f electrons becoming non-bonding. Complex geometries hamper understanding of the transition in Pu, but calculations predict this transition in a system with simpler geometry: alternating layers eit...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering 2010-03, Vol.9 (1), p.012098-012098
Main Author: Rudin, Sven P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bonding
Conferences
Crystal structure
Indium
Materials science
Mathematical analysis
Plutonium
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Summary:Elemental plutonium (Pu) assumes more crystal structures than other elements, plausibly due to bonding f electrons becoming non-bonding. Complex geometries hamper understanding of the transition in Pu, but calculations predict this transition in a system with simpler geometry: alternating layers either of plutonium and lead or of plutonium and indium. Here the transition occurs via a pairing-up of atoms within Pu layers. Calculations stepping through this pairing-up reveal valuable details of the transition, for example that the transition from bonding to non-bonding proceeds smoothly.
ISSN:1757-899X
1757-8981
1757-899X
DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/9/1/012098