Talk:Plutonium

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Semi-protected edit request on 13 November 2024

Add Morris L. Perlman to the Discovery list. On this page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_of_chemical_elements), he is listed in the notes as having co-discovered it with Glenn Seaborg but he's not listed in the Discovers column of that page or the Discovery list this page. Gperlman (talk) 20:13, 13 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

 Not done: Seaborg and Perlman found plutonium in nature in 1942, but it was synthesized in 1941, which I suspect is why Perlman isn't generally listed as a discoverer. PianoDan (talk) 17:03, 15 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

empirical atomic radius

Plutonium's empirical atomic radius is often listed as 175 pm, but on this article, it is 159 pm. Which is strange, since I swear it was previously 158 pm. Where are the measurements coming from? Why are there never sources linked to empirical atomic radii? GracefulFern3145 (talk) 19:00, 6 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

If you click "references" at the bottom of the infobox, you get to atomic radii of the elements (data page), where the values are sourced. Double sharp (talk) 02:27, 7 March 2026 (UTC)Reply
The empirical atomic radius listed for plutonium on the article is 175 pm, so where is 158/159 pm coming from? Also, the source for that claim is from 1964. Aren't old sources not recommended? It's probably the only one of its kind, but it is still from 1964. GracefulFern3145 (talk) 15:49, 10 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

Change oxidation states in infobox

I propose the common oxidation states in the infobox be changed to +3, +4, +5, and +6. Please read the discussion here.

UnbihexiumFan (talk | contribs) 18:20, 27 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

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