Protactinium(V) oxide

Protactinium(V) oxide is a chemical compound with the formula Pa2O5.

Aristid V. Grosse was first to prepare 2 mg of Pa2O5 in 1927.

[1] Pa2O5 does not dissolve in concentrated HNO3, but dissolves in HF and in a HF + H2SO4 mixture and reacts at high temperatures with solid oxides of alkali metal and alkaline earth metals.

[2][3]: 195 As protactinium(V) oxide, like other protactinium compounds, is radioactive, toxic and very rare, it has very limited technological use.

Mixed oxides of Nb, Mg, Ga and Mn, doped with 0.005–0.52% Pa2O5, have been used as high temperature dielectrics (up to 1300 °C) for ceramic capacitors.

Protactinium(V) oxide
Protactinium(V) oxide
NFPA 704 four-colored diamond Health 4: Very short exposure could cause death or major residual injury. E.g. VX gas Flammability 0: Will not burn. E.g. water Instability 0: Normally stable, even under fire exposure conditions, and is not reactive with water. E.g. liquid nitrogen Special hazard RA: Radioactive. E.g. plutonium