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americium 240
(240Am)
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americium 240has symbol 240Am2001-09-27 09:28:39.0
has nuclear spin I = 3-2001-09-27 09:28:39.0
has decay mode EC (1.38 MeV)2001-09-27 09:28:39.0
has decay mode α (5.592 Mev)2001-09-27 09:28:39.0
has decay mode γ2001-09-27 09:28:39.0
has half life 2.12 days2001-09-27 09:28:39.0
has number of nucleons 2402001-09-27 09:28:39.0
has number of neutrons 1452001-09-27 09:28:39.0
has atomic mass 240.0552782001-09-27 09:28:39.0
is an instance of americiumhas URL: http://nucleardata.nuclear.lu.se/nucleardata/toi/nuclide.asp?iZA=950240, 2001-09-27 09:28:39.0
americiumhas phase changed temperature 1347 K at α to β phase crystal transition2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has mineral none2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has neutron scattering length 0.83 in 10-12 cm units2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has mass magnetic susceptibility +5 × 10-8 kg-1 m32001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has electrical resistivity 68 × 10-8 Ω m2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has thermal neutron capture cross section 75.3 barns2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has longest lived isotope americium 2432001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has isotope mass range 227 to 2472001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has number of isotopes 23 including nuclear isomers2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has pronunciation amer-is-iuhm2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has name origin america from English2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has discovery location Chicago, Illinois, US2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has abundance nil in Earth's crust2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has abundance nil in seawater2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has world production probably a few kilograms per year2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has space group P63/mmc for α phase2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has space group Fm3m for β phase2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has crystal cell dimension a = 346.80 pm for α phase2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has crystal cell dimension a = 489.4 pm for β phase2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has crystal type h.c.p. for α phase2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has crystal type f.c.c. for β phase2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has atomic emission line 367.312 nm for Am I2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has atomic emission line 377.750 nm for Am II2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has atomic emission line 392.625 nm for Am II2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has atomic emission line 408.929 nm for Am II2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has atomic emission line 428.926 nm for Am I2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has atomic emission line 450.945 nm for Am II2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has atomic emission line 457.559 nm for Am II2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has atomic emission line 466.279 nm for Am II2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has atomic emission line 605.464 nm for Am I (strong)2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has term symbol 8S7/2 in ground state2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has electron configuration [Rn]5f77s2 in ground state2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has mass of element in person nil for a 70 kg average person2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has daily dietary intake nil2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has level in humans nil2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has hazard intense α-radiation, maximum permissible body burden of 241Am is 0.03 μCi - it targets bone. γ radiation is a problem in gram amounts.2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has biological role none2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has thermal conductivity 10 W m-1 K-1 at 300 K2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has molar volume 17.78 cm32001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has heat of sublimation 34.2 kJ mol-12001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has heat of vaporization 284 kJ mol-12001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has heat of fusion 14.4 kJ mol-12001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has boiling point 2880 K2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has melting point 1445 K2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has electronegativity 1.3 Pauling2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has relative atomic mass 243.0614 for americium 243 in units of 12C = 12.0002001-09-27 09:28:37.0
has ionic radii 80 pm for Am6+2001-09-27 09:28:37.0
has ionic radii 86 pm for Am5+2001-09-27 09:28:37.0
has ionic radii 92 pm for Am4+2001-09-27 09:28:37.0
has ionic radii 107 pm for Am3+2001-09-27 09:28:37.0
has atomic radii 173 pm2001-09-27 09:28:37.0
has number of protons 952001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has registry number 7440-35-9 for Chemical Abstracts System databasehas URL: http://info.cas.org, 2001-09-27 09:28:37.0
has density 13670 kg m-3 for solid at 293 K2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has atomic number 952001-09-27 09:28:37.0
reacts with air, steam and acids, but not alkalis2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has discovery date 19442001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has discoverer Glen T. Seaborg, R.A. James, L.O. Morgan, and A. Ghiorso2001-09-27 09:28:38.0
has uses source of radiation for γ-radiotherapy2001-09-27 09:28:37.0
has image 2001-09-27 09:28:32.0
synthetic elementhas lifetime2001-09-27 09:28:31.0
has synthesis mechanism2001-09-27 09:28:31.0
actinidehas filling orbital 5f2001-09-27 09:28:22.0
radioactive particlehas desintegration energy the total energy produced when the particle decays2001-09-27 09:28:02.0
has decay products the products produced immediately after decay2001-09-27 09:28:02.0
has lifetime The average time in which a particle decays2001-09-27 09:28:02.0
elementis a part of Universe2001-09-27 09:32:17.0
has synonym atom2001-09-27 09:28:19.0
particleobeys uncertainty principle2001-09-27 09:28:02.0
has frequency inversely proportional to the wavelength2001-09-27 09:28:02.0
has wavelength inversely proportional to its momentum2001-09-27 09:28:02.0
has charge2001-09-27 09:28:01.0
has mass2001-09-27 09:28:02.0
column grouped elementhas group a column number in the table of the elements2001-09-27 09:28:24.0
physical objecthas location or center of gravity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has angular momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has velocity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has temperature2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has volume2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has extent2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has material2001-09-27 09:27:27.0

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