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Americium

Americium is the first synthetic element, from here onwards all elements have to be produced in laboratories. These are very radioactive. The most stable isotope of americium, 243Am, has a half-life of just under 7400 years. Due to its strong alpha radiation, americium is very dangerous. In some countries americium 241 (432 years half-life) is used in tiny amounts in smoke detectors for ionizing air. Americium emerges in small amounts in nuclear reactors from plutonium and mostly decays to neptunium.

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