95 Am Americium
Atomic Weight: 243.0614Shells: 2,8,18,32,25,8,2
Group: Rare EarthFilling orbital: 5f 7
Crystal Structure: HexagonalCovalent radius: ?
Oxidation States: +3, +4, +5, +6Atomic radius: 1.84 Å
Electronegativity, Pauling: 1.3Atomic volume: 17.86 cm³/mol
State at RT: SolidFirst ionization potential: 5.993 V
Melting Point: 1267°K2nd ionization potential: ?
Boiling Point: 2880°K3rd ionization potential: ?
Density @ 293°K: 13.6 g/cm³Specific heat: 0.11 J/gK
Electrical conductivity: 0.022 106/cm ohm Heat of vaporization: ?
Thermal conductivity: 0.1 W/cmK Heat of fusion: 14.40 kJ/mol
Element Nuclides
NuclideAbundance WeightSpinHalf-Life Decay Modes
Am2400.%240.1.52.12d,
Am2410.%241.05682.5432.7y
Am2420.%242.116.02h-,
Am242m0.%242.5141yIT,
Am2430.%243.06142.57.37E03y
Am2440.%244.610.1h-
Am2450.%245.2.52.05h-
Am2460.%246.3.539m-

Name origin: From America by analogy with europium.
Description: Artificially created radioactive metal.
Discovered by: G. T. Seaborg, R. A. James, L. O. Morgan, A. Ghiorso
Year: 1945
Location: United States
Sources: Produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
Uses: Americium-241 is currently used in smoke detectors.


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