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- Name : Americium
- Symbol : Am
- Atomic # : 95
- Atom weight: 243
- Melting P. : 994
- Boiling P. : 2607
- Oxidation : +3, +4, +5, +5
- Pronounced : am-er-ISH-i-em
- From : Named for the American continent
- Identified : Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Leon O. Morgan, and Albert
- Ghiorso in 1944
- Appearance : Silvery-white, radioactive metal
- Note : Similar to the rare-earth element europium
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- [Properties]
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- Americium is an actinide metal in Group VIII on the periodic table. All
- isotopes of americium are radioactive.
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