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[[File:Americium Smoke Detector.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Americium 241 is a common Isotope of Americium that is used in household smoke detectors.]] | [[File:Americium Smoke Detector.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Americium 241 is a common Isotope of Americium that is used in household smoke detectors.]] | ||
Americium is one of the few radioactive elements that one should find in an object in every household- the smoke detector. | Americium is one of the few radioactive elements that one should find in an object in every household- the smoke detector. Most smoke detectors contain a small amount of americium 241 (<sup>241</sup>Am) in the compound americium dioxide. In fact, the amount of radioactive material found in a single smoke detector is so minuscule that about three million detectors could be made with a single gram of americium dioxide.<ref name=Chemicool.com/> | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
