What happened to the volume of the sample

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the density of plutonium metal is 19.84 g/cm3 , and the density of plutonium (IV) oxide is 11.46 g/cm3. over a period of 7-10 years, a 2.5-kg sample of plutonium metal stored at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico was converted to plutonium (IV) oxide by reaction with oxygen gas from air.

A) what happened to the volume of the sample?

B) what happened to the container?

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