plutonyln.
/ˈpluːtəˌnʌɪl/, /ˈpluːtəˌnɪl/, U.S. /ˈpludəˌnɪl/ Chemistry.
The ion PuO22+, often present in solutions of plutonium compounds. Usually attributive.
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1947 B. G. Harvey et al. in Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 1013 On account of the similarity between the chemistry of uranium and of plutonium in their sexavalent states, the terms ‘plutonate’ and ‘plutonyl’ have been used in the present paper to describe the sexavalent compounds of plutonium.
1947 B. G. Harvey et al. in Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 1013 An orange solution,..believed to contain plutonyl nitrate, PuO2(NO3)2.
1961 G. R. Choppin Exper. Nucl. Chem. xii. 192 The extent to which the internal irradiation by alpha particles causes reduction of plutonium ions to the (IV) state in an aqueous solution of PuO22+ is necessary knowledge for the inorganic chemist studying plutonyl ion chemistry.
1976 Sci. Amer. Dec. 33/1 In the solvents that were used hexavalent uranyl ions, (UO2)++ , and plutonyl ions, (PuO2)++, together with tetravalent plutonium ions, Pu4+.., are soluble.
1996 Speciality Chemicals (Nexis) May 104 Solubility constants of plutonyl salts have been measured.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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