Protactinium(IV) oxide is a chemical compound with the formula Pa O₂. The black oxide is formed by reducing Pa₂O₅ with

hydrogen Hydrogen is the chemical element with the symbol H and atomic number 1. Hydrogen is the lightest element. At standard conditions hydrogen is a gas of diatomic molecules having the formula . It is colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic ...

at 1 550 °C. Protactinium(IV) oxide does not dissolve in H₂SO₄, HNO₃, or HCl solutions, but reacts with HF.Boris F. Myasoedov, H. W. Kirby, & Ivan G. Tananaev (2006) Protactinium, Chapter 4 in Morss, Lester R. & Edelstein, Norman M. & Fuger, Jean, (edit.
The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements
(PDF) (3. painos). Dordrecht: Springer. ss. 161–252. As protactinium(IV) oxide, like other protactinium compounds, is

radioactive Radioactive decay (also known as nuclear decay, radioactivity, radioactive disintegration, or nuclear disintegration) is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by radiation. A material containing unstable nuclei is consi ...

, toxic and very rare, it has no known technological use.

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