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• A transuranic radioactive chemical element with silvery appearance that has the symbol Am and atomic number 95.
• Four different americium isotopes are 241Am, 242Am, 239Am and 238 Am.
• Compounds of Americium are americium di oxide, americium bromide, americium chloride and americium iodide.
• Americium is a man-made radioactive metal that exists as a solid under normal conditions.
• The process called nuclear transmutation which is nothing but the americium is first separated and converted by neutron bombardment in special reactors to short-lived nuclides.
• A few atoms of americium can be produced by neutron capture reactions and beta decay in very highly concentrated uranium-bearing deposits.
• Americium-241 is obtained directly from plutonium upon absorption of one neutron and 242-Am by neutron bombardment of already created Am-241.
• Properties includes that it readily reacts with oxygen and dissolves well in acids and also it  tarnishes slowly in dry air at room temperature.
• Adherence very strongly to soil estimated to be 1900 times higher than in interstitial water and binds tightly to loam.
• It is used as a neutron source, when blended with beryllium in the testing of machinery and in thickness gauges in the glass industry.
• Americium also is used as a radiation source in medical diagnostic devices and in research.
• In household applications, commonly used in minute amounts in smoke detectors as an ionization source.
• In space-related application, americium is a fuel for space ships with nuclear propulsion.
• Used as a target material in nuclear research to make even heavier element and as a portable source of gamma rays and alpha particles for use in medicine.

Technology

• Americium-241.
• What is Americium?
• Discovery of Americium.
• Isotopes of Americium.
• Americium Fact Sheet.
• Information about Americium-241.
• Summary about Americium.
• Americium-241 Vs Plutonium-239 Fact sheet.
• History of Americium.
• Americium Metal Chunks.

MSDS

• Americium Safety data sheet.
• Americium-241.
• Am-241 Data sheet.
• Americium Oxide.
• Americium 241-MSDS.
• Msds of Americium.

Products

• Americium-241 - alpha foil.
• Americium-241 - disc sources.

Process

• Separation of Plutonium and Americium Molten salts using a chlorine gas stream.
• Isolation and Purification of Americium.
• Separation of Americium from Plutonium Oxide.
• AMEX Process for Americium Recovery.
• Method for Americium and Plutonium Separation.
• Chemistry of Americium.
• Extraction chromatography system for separation of americium and curium
• Preparation and uses of Americium.
• Preparation of the EFTTRA-T5 Americium transmutation experiment.
• Extraction of Plutonium and Americium from contaminated rocky soil.

Patents

• Brachytherapy devices and methods employing Am-241.
• Discontinuous precipitation from solutions contaminated with Americium.
• Rare earth removal from americium oxide.
• Separating trivalent americium from trivalent curium.

Company Profile & Consultancy

• Company from USA.
• Consultancy from US.
• Experts from New York.

Study

• Effect of Americium-241 Content on Plutonium Radiation Source Terms.
• Americium in the finnish environment.
• Radiochemistry of Americium and curium.
• Vertical distribution of  Plutonium & Americium
  in the Mediterranean Sea.
• Radiolytic Oxidation of Americium (III) to Americium (V) in Saline Solution.
• Trends in plutonium, americium & radiocaesium accumulation.

Report

• Radioactive Americium 241 in the waste stream.
• Analysis of Americium, Plutonium & Technetium solubility in ground water.
• Smoke Detectors containing Americium-241.
• Americium: World Inventories & Proliferation concerns.

Toxicity

• Public Health Statement about Americium.
• Health Effects of Americium.
• Toxicological profile for Americium.
• Environmental exposures to americium.

Videos

• Americium-241.
• Periodic Table - Americium.
• Americium in Smoke Alarm.

Uses

• Beneficial Uses of Am-241.
• An Americium fueled gas core nuclear rocket.
• High Purity Americium for fuel cycle R&D Program.
• Uses of Americium.

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