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Americium dioxide (AmO2) is a black[2] compound of americium. In the solid state, AmO2 adopts a fluorite structure (like CaF2).[3] It is used as a source of alpha particles.
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Americiumdioxide (AmO2) is a black compound of americium. In the solid state, AmO2 adopts a fluorite structure (like CaF2). It is used as a source of...
Americium is a synthetic chemical element; it has symbol Am and atomic number 95. It is radioactive and a transuranic member of the actinide series in...
Americium oxide may refer to: AmericiumdioxideAmericium(III) oxide Americium(III) hydroxide This set index article lists chemical compounds articles...
Like most other actinide dioxides, it is a black solid with a cubic (fluorite) crystal structure. The oxalate of americium(III), vacuum dried at room...
of 241Am (about 0.29 micrograms per smoke detector) in the form of americiumdioxide. 241Am is used as it emits alpha particles which ionize the air in...
reactor-grade 239 Pu mixed with titanium dioxide onto a cylindrical alumina surface. The amount of americium-241 contained in ionizing smoke detectors...
the migration of Pu) in the soil at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Americium often enters landfills from discarded smoke detectors. The rules associated...
solution was evaporated and the residue converted by annealing to americiumdioxide (AmO2). This target was irradiated with 35 MeV alpha particles for...
plutonium. In particular, plutonium-241 decays to americium-241 with a 14-year half-life. Because americium-241 is a gamma ray emitter,[citation needed] its...
solutions, but also in the solid state. Tetravalent americium forms stable solid compounds (dioxide, fluoride and hydroxide) as well as complexes in aqueous...
in industry. The principal gases provided are nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, argon, hydrogen, helium and acetylene, although many other gases and mixtures...
which tarnishes olive gray when it is exposed to air, forming thorium dioxide; it is moderately soft and malleable and has a high melting point. Thorium...
nuclides. Plutonium-238, curium-244, strontium-90, and most recently americium-241 are the most often cited candidate isotopes, but 43 more isotopes...
by the Kroll and Hunter processes. The most common compound, titanium dioxide, is a popular photocatalyst and is used in the manufacture of white pigments...
because they contain very small amounts of radioactive isotope americium, e.g. americium-241). Smoke from chimneys Historically, some hazardous wastes...
reacting it with charcoal to release the free element muriaticum (and carbon dioxide). They did not succeed and published a report in which they considered...
he clearly distinguished it from Joseph Black's "fixed air", or carbon dioxide. The fact that there was a component of air that does not support combustion...
produced manganese dioxide because naturally occurring manganese dioxide contains impurities. In the 20th century, manganese dioxide was widely used as...
produces carbon dioxide as a waste product. In tetrapods breathing brings oxygen into the lungs where gas exchange takes place, carbon dioxide diffuses out...
largest sources of inorganic carbon are limestones, dolomites and carbon dioxide, but significant quantities occur in organic deposits of coal, peat, oil...
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