7440-35-9 Usage
Chemical Properties
Different sources of media describe the Chemical Properties of 7440-35-9 differently. You can refer to the following data:
1. silvery metal with two forms; α-Am: hexagonal, a=0.3468 nm, c=1.1241 nm; β-Am: cub, a=0.4894 nm; t1/2 241Am=433 years, t1/2242Am=152 h, t1/2 243Am=7400 years; Am+++ stable in aqueous solution; enthalpy of vaporization 230 kJ/mol; enthalpy of fusion 14.4 kJ/mol; enthalpy of sublimation 276 kJ/mol; ionic radius of Am+++ is 0.0982nm; can be prepared from 241Pu; used to diagnose thyroid disorders [KIR78] [CIC73]
2. AMERICIUM, Chemical element, symbol Am, at no. 95, at. wt. 243 (mass number of the most stable isotope), radioactive metal of the actinide series, also one of the transuranium elements. All isotopes of americium are radioactive; all must be produced synthetically. The element was discovered by G.T. Seaborg and associates at the Metallurgical Laboratory of the University of Chicago in 1945. At that time, the element was obtained by bombarding uranium-238 with helium ions to produce 241Am, which has a half-life of 475 years. Subsequently, 241Am has been produced by bombardment of plutonium-241 with neutrons in a nuclear reactor. 243Am is the most stable isotope, an alpha emitter with a half-life of 7950 years. Other known isotopes are 237Am,238 Am,240 Am,241Am,242Am,244 Am,245 Am, and 246Am. This element exists in acidic aqueous solution in the (III), (IV), (V), and (VI) oxidation states with the ionic species probably corresponding to Am3+, Am4+, AmO2 + and AmO2 2+. The colors of the ions are: Am3+, pink; Am4+, rose; AmO2 +, yellow; and AmO2 2+, rum-colored.
Physical properties
All the isotopes of americium belonging to the transuranic subseries of the actinide seriesare radioactive and are artificially produced. Americium has similar chemical and physicalcharacteristics and is homologous to europium, located just above it in the rare-earth (lanthanide)series on the periodic table. It is a bright-white malleable heavy metal that is somewhatsimilar to lead. Americium’s melting point is 1,176°C, its boiling point is 2,607°C, and itsdensity is 13.68g/cm3.
Isotopes
There are 24 isotopes of americium. All are radioactive with half-lives rangingfrom 72 microseconds to over 7,000 years. Five of americium’s isotopes are fissionablewith spontaneous alpha decay.
Origin of Name
Named after the continent America because Europium was named
after the European continent.
Occurrence
Americium does not exist in nature. All of its isotopes are man-made and radioactive.Americium-241 is produced by bombarding plutonium-239 with high-energy neutrons,resulting in the isotope plutonium-240 that again is bombarded with neutrons and resultsin the formation of plutonium-241, which in turn finally decays into americium-241 by theprocess of beta decay. Both americium-241 and americium-243 are produced within nuclearreactors. The reaction is as follows: 239Pu + (neutron and λ gamma rays) → 240Pu + (neutronand λ gamma rays) → 241Pu→ 241Am + beta minus (β-); followed by 241Am→ 93Np-237 +4He2 (helium nuclei).
Characteristics
Although americium’s main valence (oxidation state) is +3, it is tetravalent. It can formcompounds with its ions of +4, +5, and +6, particularly when oxidized. Its most stable isotopeis americium-243, with a half-life of 7,379 years, which, over time through alpha decay,transmutates into neptunium-239.
History
Americium was the fourth transuranium element to be
discovered; the isotope 241 Am was identified by Seaborg,
James, Morgan, and Ghiorso late in 1944 at the wartime
Metallurgical Laboratory of the University of Chicago as the
result of successive neutron capture reactions by plutonium
isotopes in a nuclear reactor:
239Pu(n,γ)→240Pu(n,γ)→241Pu?β →83Am
Since the isotope 241Am can be prepared in relatively pure form
by extraction as a decay product over a period of years from
strongly neutron-bombarded plutonium, 241Pu, this isotope is
used for much of the chemical investigation of this element.
Better suited is the isotope 243Am due to its longer half-life
(7.37 × 103 years as compared to 432.2 years for 241Am). A mixture
of the isotopes 241Am, 242Am, and 243Am can be prepared
by intense neutron irradiation of 241Am according to the reactions
241Am (n, γ) → 242Am (n, γ) → 243Am. Nearly isotopically
pure, 243Am can be prepared by a sequence of neutron
bombardments and chemical separations as follows: neutron
bombardment of 241Am yields 242Pu by the reactions 241Am (n,
γ) → 242Am → 242Pu, after chemical separation the 242Pu can
be transformed to 243Am via the reactions 242Pu (n, γ) → 243Pu
→ 243Am, and the 243Am can be chemically separated. Fairly
pure 242Pu can be prepared more simply by very intense neutron
irradiation of 239Pu as the result of successive neutroncapture
reactions. Seventeen radioactive isotopes and isomers
are now recognized. Americium metal has been prepared by
reducing the trifluoride with barium vapor at 1000 to 1200°C
or the dioxide by lanthanum metal. The luster of freshly prepared
americium metal is white and more silvery than plutonium
or neptunium prepared in the same manner. It appears
to be more malleable than uranium or neptunium and
tarnishes slowly in dry air at room temperature. Americium
is thought to exist in two forms: an alpha form which has a
double hexagonal close-packed structure and a loose-packed
cubic beta form. Americium must be handled with great care
to avoid personal contamination. As little as 0.03 μCi of 241Am
is the maximum permissible total body burden. The alpha activity
from 241Am is about three times that of radium. When
gram quantities of 241Am are handled, the intense gamma activity
makes exposure a serious problem. Americium dioxide,
AmO2, is the most important oxide. AmF3, AmF4, AmCl3,
AmBr3, AmI3, and other compounds have been prepared. The
isotope 241Am has been used as a portable source for gamma
radiography. It has also been used as a radioactive glass thickness
gage for the flat glass industry, and as a source of ionization
for smoke detectors. Americum-243 (99%) is available
from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory at a cost of about
$750/g plus packing charges.
Uses
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1. Gamma radiography, radiochemical research, diagnostic aid, electronic devices.
2. Americium-141, with a half-life of 432 years, which produces both alpha (helium nuclei)and gamma rays (somewhat like X-rays), has found some commercial uses. One use is as thedetector used in household smoke alarms The americium-141 isotope emits alpha particlesthat ionize air by removing electrons from the molecules of air and improving its electricalconductivity. Smoke reduces this conductivity, thus triggering the alarm. Another use is americium-241’s high-energy gamma rays in radiography, in which portable X-ray instruments caneasily be transported for emergency use. As a gamma ray source, americium-241 is used as adiagnostic aid to check the quality of welds in metals.
Definition
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1. A highly
toxic radioactive silvery element of the
actinoid series of metals. A transuranic element,
it is not found naturally on Earth but
is synthesized from plutonium. The element
can be obtained by reducing the trifluoride
with barium metal. It reacts with
oxygen, steam, and acids. 241Am has been
used in gamma-ray radiography.
Symbol: Am; m.p. 1172°C; b.p.
2607°C; r.d. 13.67 (20°C); p.n. 95; most
stable isotope 243Am (half-life 7.37 × 103
years).
2. americium: Symbol Am. A radioactivemetallic transuranic elementbelonging to the actinoids; a.n. 95;mass number of most stable isotope243 (half-life 7.95 × 103 years); r.d.13.67 (20°C); m.p. 994 ± 4°C; b.p.2607°C. Ten isotopes are known. Theelement was discovered by G. T.Seaborg and associates in 1945, whoobtained it by bombarding uranium–238 with alpha particles.
3. Am. A synthetic radioactive element of atomic number 95, a member of the actinide series; aw 241; 14 isotopes of widely varying half-life; valence 3, but divalent, tetravalent, and higher valencies exist. α and γ emitter, forms compounds with oxygen, halides, lithium, etc. Metallic americium is silver-white crystalline, d 13.6, mp approximately 100C. Half-life of 241 Am is 458 years.
Hazard
All the isotopes and compounds of americium are deadly sources of radiation and causeradiation poisoning and death. Precautions must be taken when working with it. The smallamount of americium-241 found in smoke detectors in household smoke alarms is harmlessunless the isotope is removed and swallowed.
Check Digit Verification of cas no
The CAS Registry Mumber 7440-35-9 includes 7 digits separated into 3 groups by hyphens. The first part of the number,starting from the left, has 4 digits, 7,4,4 and 0 respectively; the second part has 2 digits, 3 and 5 respectively.
Calculate Digit Verification of CAS Registry Number 7440-35:
(6*7)+(5*4)+(4*4)+(3*0)+(2*3)+(1*5)=89
89 % 10 = 9
So 7440-35-9 is a valid CAS Registry Number.
InChI:InChI=1/Am
