Plutonium-238

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  1. plutonium to 38.
  2. Plutonium to 38 has an atomic mass of to 38
  3. and it has 94 protons and 144 neutrons.
  4. Indicates from AL five missions and has a half life
  5. for 88 years.
  6. P u 2 30 is also used as a power
  7. source powering NASA missions such as the Curiosity Rover on
  8. Mars. In the New Horizon, spacecraft lie by which of
  9. flu by over Plato and beyond.
  10. It is also used as a radioisotope power source, which
  11. converts the heat from the decay.
  12. The P you through 38 to usable electrical power and
  13. throughout its the radioactive decay processes generates a significant amount
  14. of heat, which allows it to be a heat source
  15. for sensitive electrical components and satellites, and as well as
  16. a power source for satellites.
  17. Some benefits to EU to 38 as a PARA sources
  18. that it has a relatively low neutron beta and gamma
  19. radiation emissions, which does not adversely affect spacecraft instruments or
  20. require too much sealed Schilling.
  21. It is also stable high temperatures, so it's characteristics remained
  22. essentially unchanged over many years and as it also has
  23. a half life of 15, 200 years.
  24. And it has a high power density, which means that
  25. ah, small amount of it can generate a substantial amount
  26. of heat.
  27. Some risk there, that is, that it's fatal if you
  28. inhale it as plutonium particles.
  29. When they're in inhale, they lodge in the lung tissue,
  30. and the afflict particles are carrion can kill your lung
  31. cells, which causes scarring in the lungs, which leads to
  32. further lung disease and cancers.
  33. And when plutonium enters the bloodstream from the lungs and
  34. travel to the kidneys, it means that the blood and
  35. the kidneys there will also be exposed to alpha particles.
  36. What? You're dangerous.
  37. Personally, I believe that P.
  38. U 2 38 is a safe and a great source
  39. of energy, since although it is dangerous if it is
  40. inhaled, it is.
  41. It's still a great source of power and as it
  42. has a long half life from 15 200 years, and
  43. it just means that is able to generate for many
  44. years sufficient heat and transform it into electricity.
  45. It is also an extremely stable I set up under
  46. high temperatures, which allows for its characteristics to stay the
  47. same over years and P through 38.
  48. It also exists in a form that it presents little
  49. or no chemical toxicity when taking to the body and
  50. making it even more safer.