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Name
Americium
EINECS
CAS No. 7440-35-9
Density 13.671
Solubility soluble dilute acids [CRC10]
Melting Point 1175℃
Formula Am
Boiling Point bp (calc) 2067°
Molecular Weight 72.14878
Flash Point
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Synonyms NSC 612825
PSA 0.00000
LogP 0.00000

AMERICIUM Chemical Properties

Phase solid
Density (near r.t.) 12 g·cm^-3Melting point 1449 K (1176 °C, 2149 °F)
Boiling point 2880 K (2607 °C, 4725 °F)
Heat of fusion 14.39 kJ·mol^-1
Specific heat capacity (25 °C) 62.7 J·mol^-1·K^-1

AMERICIUM History

Americium was first isolated by Glenn T. Seaborg, Leon O. Morgan, Ralph A. James, and Albert Ghiorso in late 1944 at the wartime Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago (now known as Argonne National Laboratory). The team created the isotope Am by subjecting Pu to successive neutron capture reactions in a nuclear reactor. This created Pu and then Pu which in turn decayed into Am via beta decay.
Seaborg was granted a patent for "Element 95 and Method of Producing Said Element," whose unusually terse claim number 1 reads simply, "Element 95.

AMERICIUM Uses

Americium is widely used in commercial ionization-chamber smoke detectors as well as in neutron sources and industrial gauges.

AMERICIUM Safety Profile

A poison. Bone-seeking, long-lived radioactive element. Flammable, see POWDERED METALS. In a disaster, this highly toxic radioactive material can be disseminated over a wide area, causing a long-lived inhalation hazard. Americium is difficult to remove from surfaces or from the body once it enters.

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