Plutonium oxybromide


Plutonium oxybromide is an inorganic compound of plutonium, oxygen, and bromine with the chemical formula.

Synthesis

The compound was first observed by Davidson et al. in 1949 as a residue from the sublimation of small amounts of in a silica tube. Pure PuOBr can be obtained by treating plutonim hydroxide with moist hydrogen bromide at 750 °C.
It is also produced in the reaction between plutonium dioxide and hydrogen bromide:

Physical properties

Plutonium oxybromide forms dark green crystals of tetragonal system, space group P4/nmm.

Chemical properties

The compound reacts with dilute acids: