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[am-uh-rish-ee-uhm] Pronunciation Key
[am-uh-rish-ee-uhm] Pronunciation Key –noun Chemistry.
| a transuranic element, one of the products of high-energy helium bombardment of uranium and plutonium. Symbol: Am; atomic number: 95. |
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(ām'ə-rĭsh'ē-əm) Pronunciation Key
n. Symbol Am A white metallic transuranic element of the actinide series, having isotopes with mass numbers from 237 to 246 and half-lives from 25 minutes to 7,950 years. Its longest-lived isotopes, Am 241 and Am 243, are alpha-ray emitters used as radiation sources in research. Atomic number 95; specific gravity 11.7; valence 3, 4, 5, 6. See Table at element. [After America.] |
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| a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms |
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(ām'ə-rĭsh'ē-əm) Pronunciation Key
Symbol Am A synthetic, silvery-white, radioactive metallic element of the actinide series that is produced artificially by bombarding plutonium with neutrons. Americium is used as a source of alpha particles for smoke detectors and gamma rays for industrial gauges. Its most stable isotope has a half-life of 7,950 years. Atomic number 95; specific gravity 11.7; valence 3, 4, 5, 6. See Periodic Table. |
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americium am·er·i·ci·um (ām'ə-rĭsh'ē-əm)
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Symbol Am
A white metallic synthetic element of the actinide series; its longest-lived isotopes, Am 241 and Am 243, are used as radiation sources in research. Atomic number 95; specific gravity 13.7; valence 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
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