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95 Am 243 u

Element 95 · Solid at room temperature

Americium

Actinides

Looks like: silvery white.

Am

Americium is a radioactive transuranic chemical element with symbol Am and atomic number 95. This member of the actinide series is located in the periodic table under the lanthanide element europium, and thus by analogy was named after the Americas. Americium was first produced in 1944 by the group of Glenn T.Seaborg from Berkeley, California, at the metallurgical laboratory of University of Chicago.

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Atomic mass

243u

Density

12g/cm³

Melts

1449 K

Boils

2880 K

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Americium's family

Elements in the same series — near-identical chemistry, which is why they share a row.

Source

Discovered by Glenn T. Seaborg.

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