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Periodic Table of the Elements: Americium
Periodic Table of the Elements: Americium
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| Atomic Number:
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95
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| Atomic Symbol:
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Am
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Americium
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| Atomic Weight:
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(243)
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| Electron
Configuration:
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2 · 8 · 18
32 · 25
8 · 2
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Three consortia shortlisted for E. Ayrshire schools PFI.(Americium, HBG, Hochtief AG)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Contract Journal; 10/27/2004; 700+ words
; Council shortlists Singapore-based Americium for [pounds sterling]60m Kilmarnock...Hochtief. Singapore-based company Americium has made it onto a Scottish PFI schools...due out by the end of this month and Americium will be bidding under the banner of Comprehensive...
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HOW STUFF WORKS: ; Radioactive americium controls smoke detectors
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 5/5/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...a tiny, harmless bit of radioactive americium that makes inexpensive smoke detecting...amount (perhaps 1/ 5000th of a gram) of americium-241. This radioactive element has...knocking off electrons, which makes americium great for an ionizing smoke detector...
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Explosive secrets.(it has been widely known that plutonium and enriched uranium can be used to make nuclear weapons, but it also possible to make such a weapon using neptunium and americium )(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; 3/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...be concerned about the neptunium and americium found in nuclear waste streams, because...devices using neptunium 237. Neptunium and americium--man-made materials produced when...Albright and Barbour say that neptunium and americium have received little attention because...
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A-B WON'T CONTEST FINE FOR RADIOACTIVE DISPOSAL: AMERICIUM 241 MATERIAL NEEDED SPECIAL HANDLING.(Business)
Newspaper article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO); 9/13/1997; ; 502 words
; ...contained a radioactive material called americium 241. The disposal did not cause a significant...one of the two capsules containing the americium was found. The other, presumably...said Angela Dauginas of the NRC. The americium was unlikely to leak from the capsule...
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Theragenics and Yale-New Haven Hospital sign joint agreement. (Develop and market Americium-241 device)
PR Newswire; 8/3/1988; 584 words
; ...agreement in principle to jointly develop and market an Americium-241 device for the treatment of intrauterine...represents a new and innovative use of the isotope Americium-241. The Americium device will allow physicians to deliver a maximum...
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GREECE: PLUTONIUM AND AMERICIUM FOUND BURRIED IN FOREST.
Newspaper article from: Europe Environment; 2/6/2001; 478 words
; ...the presence of a total of about 3 grams of plutonium and americium. EEAE President Leonidas Kamarinopoulos indicated that the...which does not occur naturally, is highly carcinogenic. Americium is likewise a radioactive derivative. The EEAE has taken...
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Plans Slashed for DOE Stabilization Of Plutonium, Americium/Curium.
Newspaper article from: Nuclear Waste News; 11/1/2001; 454 words
; ...plutonium packaging and stabilization project and the F-Canyon americium/curium vitrification project. The department said it will...interim management of nuclear materials for stabilization of the americium and curium: processing and storage for vitrification in the...
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NRC EVENT NOTIFICATION REPORT FOR SEPT. 15: AGREEMENT STATE - AMERICIUM 241 LEVELING DEVICE MISSING
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/15/2008; 523 words
; ...EMERGENCY10 CFR Section: AGREEMENT STATE AGREEMENT STATE - AMERICIUM 241 LEVELING DEVICE MISSING "On September 9, 2008, the...licensed devices, a device containing 100 millicuries of Americium (Am) - 241 could not be located. The device was installed...
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Americium eyes PFI contractors.(Private Finance Initiative )(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Contract Journal; 4/13/2005; 673 words
; ...deals is eyeing up local contractors to join the team. Comprehensive Estates Services (CES), which includes Edinburgh firm Americium and Singapore-based CPG Facilities Management, is on the shortlist for both North and South Ayrshire Councils schemes totalling...
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Missing americium found intact in shipping container.
Newspaper article from: HazMat Transport News; 3/1/2005; 556 words
; ...material. Diane Screnci, a spokeswoman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said that nearly 20 torrs of radioactive Americium went astray while being shipped from Russia to Houston, where Halliburton is based (a torr is a unit of pressure equal to...
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Americium (revised)
Book article from: Chemical Elements: From Carbon to Krypton
AMERICIUM (REVISED) Note: This article, originally...2006 for the eBook edition. Overview Americium is called an actinide or transuranium...transuranium element. Discovery and naming Americium was discovered as a by-product of military...
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Americium
Book article from: Chemistry: Foundations and Applications
Americium melting point: 994 ° C boiling...common ions: Am 3+ , AmO 2 + , AmO 2 2+ Americium is a synthetic radioelement , first produced...The first isolation of a compound of americium, Am(OH) 3 , was achieved by B. B...
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americium
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
americium , artificially produced radioactive chemical...valence +2, +3, +4, +5, or +6. Americium is a silver-white metal thought to...metal has been prepared by reduction of americium trifluoride with barium vapor at about...
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Periodic Table of the Elements: Americium
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Periodic Table of the Elements: Americium Periodic Table of the Elements: Americium Atomic Number: 95 Atomic Symbol: Am Americium Atomic Weight: (243) Electron Configuration: 2 · 8 ·&thinsp...
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dubnium
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...half-lives of 0.1 sec and 3 sec, respectively, by bombarding americium-243 atoms with neon-22 ions. In 1970 the same team announced that by using the same americium and neon isotopes but a different detection technique they had created...
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