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{{isotope-u|Am-246|SYN|39 minutes|Beta|100.00|}} | {{isotope-u|Am-246|SYN|39 minutes|Beta|100.00|}} | ||
{{isotope-u|Am-246<sub>m</sub>|SYN|25.0 minutes|Beta|100.00/<0.02|}} | {{isotope-u|Am-246<sub>m</sub>|SYN|25.0 minutes|Beta|100.00/<0.02|}} | ||
{{isotope-u|Am-246<sub>m2</sub>|SYN|73 microseconds| | {{isotope-u|Am-246<sub>m2</sub>|SYN|73 microseconds|Spontaneous Fission|<100.00|}} | ||
{{isotope-u|Am-247|SYN|23.0 minutes|Beta|100.00|}} | {{isotope-u|Am-247|SYN|23.0 minutes|Beta|100.00|}} | ||
{{isotope-u|Am-248|SYN|≈ 10 minutes|Beta|100.00|}} | {{isotope-u|Am-248|SYN|≈ 10 minutes|Beta|100.00|}} | ||
{{isotope-u|Am-249|SYN|≈ 2 minutes|Beta|No Data|}} | {{isotope-u|Am-249|SYN|≈ 2 minutes|Beta|No Data|}} | ||
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Americium is one of the most used and most recognizable elements in the radio-active category for the average person other than the element it's created from which is the element Plutonium. Americium is also the element seen in hopefully every home in the United States. In the use of Americium it is a part of a smoke detector that helps in being able to detect the fires. Americium is also the most commercialized and publicly used item in the radioactive section of the elemental table. | Americium is one of the most used and most recognizable elements in the radio-active category for the average person other than the element it's created from which is the element Plutonium. Americium is also the element seen in hopefully every home in the United States. In the use of Americium it is a part of a smoke detector that helps in being able to detect the fires. Americium is also the most commercialized and publicly used item in the radioactive section of the elemental table. | ||
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== Occurrences == | == Occurrences == | ||
[[File:Nuclear power plant.jpg|thumb|150px|left|A Photo of a Nuclear power plant that has a byproduct of americium from Plutonium]] | [[File:Nuclear power plant.jpg|thumb|150px|left|A Photo of a Nuclear power plant that has a byproduct of americium from Plutonium]] | ||
The element Americium does not naturally occur in nature<ref>Occurrences and Health risks [http://www.bookrags.com/research/americium/Americium occurrence and health Information]. ''Book Rags''. Web.2005-06.</ref>. Americium however is formed by | The element Americium does not naturally occur in nature<ref>Occurrences and Health risks [http://www.bookrags.com/research/americium/Americium occurrence and health Information]. ''Book Rags''. Web.2005-06.</ref>. Americium however is formed by bombarding Plutonium (Pu-244) with electrons, creating the element known as Americium. Americium, being an element found by science and not through nature, has become one of the most commercially used elements on the periodic table. | ||
== Uses == | == Uses == | ||
