Plutonium(III) iodide
Plutonium iodide is the iodide of plutonium with the chemical formula PuI3.
Preparation
Plutonium iodide can be formed by the reaction of plutonium and mercury(II) iodide:It can also be produced by reacting plutonium and hydrogen iodide at 450 °C. Even if there is only a small amount of oxygen and water in the reaction, the generated plutonium iodide will immediately hydrolyze into plutonium oxyiodide.