Re: Plutonium spontaneously combusting???

[Gary Masters <gmasters@csn.net>]

On Tue, 17 Dec 1996, Johannes Strydom wrote:

[SNIP]
> 
> I have never heard of plutonium spontaneously combusting in air.  Is
> this possible or is it just another one of the incredible misconceptions
> about plutonium and radiation (I tend to believe this one).  Maybe they
> mean spontaneous fission.
> 

Some forms of plutonium are pyrophoric, and can spontaneously ignite.


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