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Americium Summary
1,010 words, approx. 3 pages Americium Symbol Am Atomic Number 95 Atomic Mass 243.0614 Family Actinide Transuranium element Pronunciation am-uh-REE-see-um Overview Americium is called an actinide or transuranium element. It occurs in Row 7 of the periodic table, a chart that shows...
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Americium Summary
335 words, approx. 1 pages Americium is a transuranium element, one of the elements that lies beyond uranium in the periodic table. Its atomic number is 92, and the mass of its most stable isotope is 243. Its chemical symbol is Am. Americium does not occur in nature. It is...
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Americium Summary
176 words, approx. 1 pages Americium is an element in the actinide series which has an atomic number of 95, and the atomic weight of its most stable isotope is 243. Fourteen isotopes of the element are known. The element exists as a silver-white metal with a melting point of...
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1,515 words, approx. 5 pages
 Americium (pronounced /ˌæməˈrɪsiəm/) is a synthetic element that has the symbol Am and atomic number 95. A radioactive metallic element, americium is an actinide that was obtained in 1944 by bombarding plutonium with neutrons and was the fourth...



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Americium Spread To Pa. Lab Contamination From LANL Not Serious, Officials Say
08/09/2005: 684 words, approx. 2 pages Contamination from radioactive americium from a Los Alamos National Laboratory researcher was spread through a Federal Express package to a U.S. Naval nuclear power research lab in Pennsylvania, according to a LANL report. LANL officials discovered the package had been sent two days...
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Nuclear lab operator cited for safety
2/27/2007: 453 words, approx. 2 pages The National Nuclear Security Administration proposed a $1.1 million civil penalty against the former manager of a nuclear weapons lab for safety violations that included a researcher spreading radiological contamination to two other states and workers inhaling radioactive substances.The agency announced the notice of violation...


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