Am	Z =  95	◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊	Americium
			From the English "America"
(AM) Atomic Mass	243  amu	♦	Oxidation States	+3, +4, +5, +6
(BP) Boiling Point	2607  °C	♦	(MP) Melting Point	994  °C
(ρ) Density	n/a	♦	Crystal Structure	Hexagonal
( χ ) Electronegativity	1.3	♦	(AR) Atomic Radius	n/a
Physical State	Solid	♦	(C) Heat Capacity	n/a
Electronic-Config	[Rn]  5f7  7s2	♦	(I1) First Ionization E	578.23  kJ/mol
(ΔHvap) Heat of Vaporization	n/a	♦	(ΔHfus) Heat of Fusion	14.39  kJ/mol
Year of Discovery	1944	♦	Location of Discovery	Argon Nat. Lab
(E°) Standard Potential	Am2+⇔ Am (-1.900 V),   Am3+⇔ Am (-2.048 V)
Stable isotopes	None. All isotopes are man-made and radioactive
Discovered/Synthesized by	Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Leon O. Morgan, Albert Ghiorso,
Natural Source	Not found in nature, man-made, synthetic
Common Uses	Smoke detectors, sheet thickness gauges
Other Info	Used in smoke detectors
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