Americium is a synthetic chemical element; it has symbol Am and atomic number 95. It is radioactive and a transuranic member of the actinide series in...
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Americium (95Am) is an artificial element, and thus a standard atomic weight cannot be given. Like all artificial elements, it has no known stable isotopes...
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Americium-241 (241 Am , Am-241) is an isotope of americium. Like all isotopes of americium, it is radioactive, with a half-life of 432.2 years. 241 Am...
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Americium dioxide (AmO2) is a black compound of americium. In the solid state, AmO2 adopts a fluorite structure (like CaF2). It is used as a source of...
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Americium trihydride is a binary inorganic compound of americium and hydrogen with the chemical formula AmH3. The compound crystalyzes with a hexagonal...
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Americium chloride can refer to: Americium(II) chloride, AmCl2 Americium(III) chloride, AmCl3 This set index article lists chemical compounds articles...
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Americium oxide may refer to: Americium dioxide Americium(III) oxide Americium(III) hydroxide This set index article lists chemical compounds articles...
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Americium fluoride may refer to: Americium(III) fluoride Americium(IV) fluoride Americium hexafluoride (hypothetical) This set index article lists chemical...
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Americium bromide may refer to: Americium(II) bromide Americium(III) bromide This set index article lists chemical compounds articles associated with...
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Americium iodide may refer to: Americium(II) iodide Americium(III) iodide This set index article lists chemical compounds articles associated with the...
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Actinides in the environment (redirect from Americium in the environment)
the migration of Pu) in the soil at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Americium often enters landfills from discarded smoke detectors. The rules associated...
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Americium nitride is a binary inorganic compound of americium and nitride with the chemical formula AmN. Americium can be obtained from the reaction of...
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Americium hexafluoride is an inorganic chemical compound of americium metal and fluorine with the chemical formula AmF 6. It is still a hypothetical compound...
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discovered even though it is the fourth in the series – the lighter element americium was still unknown. The sample was prepared as follows: first plutonium...
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Smoke detector (redirect from Americium smoke detector)
The amount of americium-241 contained in ionizing smoke detectors does not represent a significant radiological hazard. If the americium is left in the...
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spent nuclear fuel. The minor actinides include neptunium (element 93), americium (element 95), curium (element 96), berkelium (element 97), californium...
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Plutonium-241 (section Decay to Americium)
spent nuclear fuel waits before reprocessing, the more 241Pu decays to americium-241, which is nonfissile (although fissionable by fast neutrons) and an...
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MOX fuel (section Americium content)
plutonium. In particular, plutonium-241 decays to americium-241 with a 14-year half-life. Because americium-241 is a gamma ray emitter,[citation needed] its...
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KAl(SO4)2 Americium(II) bromide − AmBr2 Americium(III) bromide − AmBr3 Americium(II) chloride − AmCl2 Americium(III) chloride – AmCl3 Americium(III) fluoride...
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Americium(III) fluoride or americium trifluoride is the chemical compound composed of americium and fluorine with the formula AmF3. It is a water soluble...
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Americium(III) chloride or americium trichloride is the chemical compound composed of americium and chlorine with the formula AmCl3. This salt forms pink...
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transition metals in their chemistry, with neptunium, plutonium, and americium occupying an intermediate position. All actinides are radioactive and...
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Foot (disambiguation) 95th Squadron (disambiguation) Atomic number 95: americium Interstate 95, the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast...
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Americium(II) bromide or americium dibromide is the chemical compound, a salt composed of an americium cation in the +2 oxidation state and 2 bromide ions...
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Americium compounds are compounds containing the element americium (Am). These compounds can form in the +2, +3, and +4, although the +3 oxidation state...
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Americium(IV) fluoride is the inorganic compound with the formula AmF4. It is a tan solid. In terms of its structure, solid AmF4 features 8-coordinate...
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Ralph A. James (section Discovery of americium)
University of Chicago who co-discovered the elements curium (1944) and americium (1944–1945). Later he worked at UCLA and for the Lawrence Livermore laboratory...
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Americium(III) oxide or americium sesquioxide is an oxide of the element americium. It has the empirical formula Am2O3. Since all isotopes of americium...
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submitted to Seaborg..." "C&En: It's Elemental: The Periodic Table - Americium". [3] - "The element was named after the United States of America." [4]...
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Americium(III) iodide or americium triiodide is the chemical compound, a salt composed of americium and iodine with the formula AmI3. Americium(III) iodide...
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