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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
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2 · 8 · 18
32 · 25
8 · 2
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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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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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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; 515 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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East Ayrshire selects shortlist.(Americium, HBG and consortium of Hochtief and Barr and Dawn)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: Public Private Finance; 11/1/2004; 673 words
; East Ayrshire Council has shortlisted Singapore-based Americium, HBG and a consortium of German construction firm Hochtief and Scotland's Barr and Dawn for its grouped schools scheme. The...
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NRC RECEIVES REPORT FROM DIAGEO ON MISSING AMERICIUM-241 SOURCE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/8/2007; 637 words
; ...License #: GENEREALAgreement: YDocket: NRC Notified By: RAY MANLEYHQ OPS Officer: BILL HUFFMAN AGREEMENT STATE - MISSING AMERICIUM-241 SOURCE The following information was provided by the State of Maryland via facsimile: Diageo is a State of Maryland...
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Earth To Mars In TWo Weeks.(design of americium-fueled nuclear rocket)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Popular Mechanics; 3/1/2001; 608 words
; ...nuclear rockets of the 1960s that used uranium and plutonium fuels, the new engine would be powered by a form of the element americium (Am-242), says its designer, Yigal Ronen of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. The advantage of Am-242...
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Contract Awards: NRD Wins $70,000 Federal Contract for Radioactive Americium 241 Recovery, Recycling
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/5/2009; 289 words
; ...Air Force has awarded a $70,000 federal contract to NRD LLC, Grand Island, N.Y., to recover and recycle radioactive Americium 241 from Government Furnished Property, M8A1 Chemical Agent Detector Cells.For more information about US Fed News contract...
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NRC EVENT NOTIFICATION REPORT FOR MARCH 9 : AGREEMENT STATE - MISSING AMERICIUM-241 SOURCE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/9/2007; 637 words
; ...License #: GENERALAgreement: YDocket:NRC Notified By: RAY MANLEYHQ OPS Officer: BILL HUFFMAN AGREEMENT STATE - MISSING AMERICIUM-241 SOURCE The following information was provided by the State of Maryland via facsimile: Diageo is a State of Maryland...
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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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