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Compounds | Reactions | Production
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| Reactions of Plutonium |
 Reactions with air |
| Plutonium reacts readily with oxygen, forming PuO and PuO2, as well as intermediate oxides. |
| Reactions with halogens |
| It reacts with the halogens, giving rise to compounds such as PuX3 where X can be F, Cl, Br or I; PuF4 and PuF6 are also seen. |
| Other reactions |
| It will react with carbon to form PuC, nitrogen to form PuN and silicon to form PuSi2. |
| Reduction Potentials | |
| Balanced half-reaction | E0 / V |
Pu4+ + e- Pu3+ |
+0.970 |
| Pu3+ + 3e-Pu(s) |
-2.03 |
| PuO22+ + 4H+ + 2e-Pu4+ + 2H2O
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+1.04 |
| PuO22+ + e-PuO2+ |
+0.916 |
| Pu(OH)3(s) + 3e-Pu(s) + 3OH-
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-2.42 |
| Pu(OH)4(s) + e-Pu(OH)3(s) + OH- |
-0.95 |