Plutonium Hexafluoride

NFPA 704;
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Plutonium Hexafluoride
Properties
Type	Gas
Exists in Reality	Yes
Temperature	~20°C
Renewable?	Yes
Tooltip
	Plutonium Hexafluoride[Corrosive]; [Radioactive]; [Gaseous]; Hbm's Nuclear Tech
Warnings
NFPA 704;
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Plutonium hexafluoride ( ${\ce {PuF6}}$ ) is the intermediary step in plutonium enrichment. Unlike uranium, it requires no additional processing to turn it into a hexafluoride. It is stored in a specialized tank and must be processed in a gas centrifuge or laser isotope separation chamber (which will skip a step in enrichment). It is a dark grey with some light splotches. It is very corrosive and can only be stored in hazardous material tanks.

Production

It is produced in the chemical plant with 1,000mB of water, 1 plutonium powder, and 3 fluorite.

1,000mB

2

3

900mB

Uses

It must be processed in a gas centrifuge for enrichment in order to separate the Pu-238 and reactor grade plutonium, while the SILEX can also separate the RGP into Pu-239 and Pu-240.