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- Visual Elements: Americium - Image, general and physical information, and key isotopes.
- Americium - Data tables and historic information.
- Americium - Very low levels of americium occur in air, water, soil, and food, as well as in smoke detectors. Exposure to radioactive americium may result in increased cancer risk.
- LANL: Americium - Basic information and history.
- WebElements: Americium - Extensive information on history, uses, compounds, and properties.
- It's Elemental: Americium - Basic physical and historical information.
- EnvironmentalChemistry.com: Americium - Atomic structure, properties, and table of nuclides.
- ChemicalElements.com: Americium - Basic information, atomic structure, and isotopes.
- Britannica Nobel Prize: Americium - Overview and basic data.
- ChemGlobe: Americium - Electronic, thermal, and steric data along with an isotope table.
Wikipedia Articles
- Americium - Americium (IPA: ) is a synthetic element that has the symbol Am and atomic number 95. A radioactive metallic element, americium is an actinide that was obtained by bombarding plutonium with neutrons and was the fourth transuranic element to be discovered.
- Americium-242 - Americium-242 is a radioactive isotope of Americium with 95 protons and electrons and 147 neutrons and a mass of 242.0595492 g/mol.
- Americium dioxide - Americium dioxide (AmO2) is a compound of americium. It is used as a source of alpha particles, particularly in ionisation-type smoke detectors.
- Americium-243 - Americium-243 is a radioactive isotope of americium having 95 electrons and protons and 148 neutrons and has a mass of 243.06138 g/mol.
- Isotopes of americium - Americium (Am) has no stable isotopes. A standard atomic mass cannot be given.