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Americium

Americium Details

Americium Symbol: Am

Americium Atomic Number: 95

Americium Atomic Weight: (243)

What is Americium?
Radioactive metallic transuranic element, belongs to the actinoids. Ten known isotopes. Am-243 is the most stable isotope, with a half-life of 7.95*10^3 years. Discovered by Glenn T. Seaborg and associates in 1945, it was obtained by bombarding uranium-238 with alpha particles.

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