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Americium (ˌæməˈrɪsiəm) is a rare element that has the symbol Am and atomic number 95.

A radioactive metallic element, americium is an actinide that was obtained in 1944 by

Americium Metal Chunks

Glenn T. Seaborg who was bombarding plutonium with neutrons and was the fourth transuranic element to be discovered. It was named for the Americas, by analogy with europium.

Characteristics[]

Americium is widely used in commercial ionization-chamber smoke detectors as well as in neutron sources and industrial gauges.


Value[]

The base value of each unit of ranges between 50 and 125Ð per unit, with up to 2 units being found at any one time.

Presence on Mars: Very Rare

Martian Minerals
Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5 | Group 6
Group 5 |Americium | Anthraximite | Areanetium Dieinsteinium | Areanetium Ferrocrete | Areanetium Mendelite | Berkelium | Bohrium | |Californium | Curium | Darmstadtium | Einsteinium | Fermium | Fermium Hasside | Ferro-plat Alloy | Hassium | Lawrencium | |Meitnerium | Meitnerium Golgathide | Mendelevium | Neptunium | Nobelium | Plutonium | Roentgenium | Seaborgium | |Transuranic Alloblast |
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