americium

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(thing) by CentrX (8.3 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) Wed Oct 04 2000 at 21:10:50

(So named (America + -ium) by Glenn T. Seaborg, one of its discovers, by analogy with europium, the corresponding rare-earth metal) A radioactive, metallic chemical element, one of the actinides, produced by the beta decay of an isotope of plutonium. It is used in smoke detectors.

(thing) by SSMark82 (1.8 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Wed Dec 13 2000 at 0:49:25

Americium
Symbol: Am
Atomic Number: 95
Atomic Weight: 243 (most stable)
Boiling Point: 2880 K
Melting Point: 1449 K
Density at 300K: 13.7 g/cm³
Covalent radius: ???
Atomic radius: ???
Atomic volume: 20.8 cm³/mol
First ionization potental: 6.0 V
Specific heat capacity: ??? Jg^-1K^-1
Thermal conductivity: 10 Wm^-1K^-1
Electrical conductivity: 0.7*10⁶Ω^-1m^-1
Heat of fusion: ??? kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization: ??? kJ/mol
Electronegativity: 1.3 (Pauling's)

(idea) by evilkalla (3.2 d) (print) ? (I like it!) Tue Aug 13 2002 at 20:47:57

Some uses for americium:

A neutron source for non-destructive testing of machinery and equipment

A thickness gauge for the glass industry

Smoke detector	Antimony	curium	Europium
Pandemonium	plutonium	Glenn Seaborg	Amchitka Nuclear Tests
Aluminum	Tantalum	Periodic Table of the Elements	Francium Bomb
am	Actinium	Tips for writing an English teacher approved classic	Chlorine
Noding for Numbers	Tactical nuclear weapons	fluoroscope	Yoshi Touch and Go
Sensor	Actinide Series	Bohemian Rhapsody	Delerium

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