Chemical Symbol Am (+ Cool facts: Color, Uses and more...) 2022

Every chemical element has its own symbol to represent them. But what is the Am element?

The answer is Americium, whose symbol is Am, and there's a lot of cool facts about it that most people don't know. Let me walk you through...

Americium Overview

Chemical Symbol

Am (Americium)

Uses

Americium-241 is currently used in smoke detectors.

State at 20 °C

solid

Description

Silvery-white, artificially produced radioactive metal.

Name Origin

Named for the American continent, by analogy with europium.

Sources

Produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.

Atomic Number

95

Learn more about the atomic number.

Atomic Mass

243,0614

Discovery

Discovered By: G.T.Seaborg, R.A.James, L.O.Morgan, A.Ghiorso

Year: 1945

Location: United States

Learn more about the atomic mass.

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