Plutonium (symbol Pu) is a chemical element, atomic number 94 on the periodic table.
Characteristics and history[]
Plutonium, in its most stable form, has an atomic mass of 244, and was discovered by Humans for the first time in the United States of America on Earth's North American continent in the year 1940. This element is part of the actinide series of heavy elements. (ST reference: Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual)
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References[]
- TOS novel: Crisis on Centaurus
- TOS - Invasion! novel: First Strike
- DS9 - Invasion! novel: Time's Enemy
- TNG - TLE novel: The Buried Age
- TTN novel: Over a Torrent Sea
- ST reference: Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual
External links[]
- Plutonium article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Plutonium article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.