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- Americium (chemical symbol Am, atomic number 95) is a radioactive, synthetic metallic element, classified as an actinide. It was the fourth transuranic ...9 KB (1,328 words) - 06:50, 25 July 2023
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- Americium (chemical symbol Am, atomic number 95) is a radioactive, synthetic metallic element, classified as an actinide. It was the fourth transuranic ...9 KB (1,328 words) - 06:50, 25 July 2023
- Berkelium (chemical symbol Bk, atomic number 97) is a synthetic, radioactive chemical element, classified as an actinide. It was first synthesized ...7 KB (911 words) - 11:01, 28 September 2023
- heart pacemakers. The isotope americium-241 is an alpha-particle ... The isotope americium-241 emits alpha particles, and this property ...13 KB (1,992 words) - 08:22, 23 July 2023
- of California in 1947 by bombarding americium-241 with neutrons. The elemental form of curium was prepared for the first time in 1951. ...10 KB (1,354 words) - 06:46, 12 January 2024
- Another example is the alpha decay of americium-241)(241Am) to form neptunium-237(237Np); this alpha decay is accompanied by gamma emission. ...16 KB (2,549 words) - 04:20, 18 April 2024
- Plutonium (chemical symbol Pu, atomic number 94) is a radioactive, metallic chemical element that is part of the actinide series. It is the element ...37 KB (5,382 words) - 08:10, 24 November 2022
- Glenn Theodore Seaborg (April 19, 1912 – February 25, 1999) won the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "discoveries in the chemistry of ...29 KB (4,299 words) - 07:54, 24 January 2023
- visible. It includes a tiny mass of radioactive americium-241, which is a source of alpha radiation. The radiation passes through an ionization chamber ...15 KB (2,419 words) - 14:59, 27 April 2023
- Beryllium (chemical symbol Be, atomic number 4) ranks among the lightest of all known metals. Steel-gray in color, it is strong but brittle. ...16 KB (2,296 words) - 17:26, 29 September 2023
- Europium (chemical symbol Eu, atomic number 63) is the most reactive of the rare earth elements. The term "rare earth elements" (or ...10 KB (1,254 words) - 04:34, 23 March 2024
- Electronic waste, "e-waste," or "Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment" ("WEEE") is a waste type consisting ...10 KB (1,429 words) - 16:03, 13 February 2024
- Electronegativity is one of the fundamental concepts for an understanding of chemical bonding. The first modern definition was suggested by Linus ...16 KB (2,171 words) - 15:58, 13 February 2024
- A nuclear reactor is a device in which nuclear chain reactions are initiated, controlled, and sustained at a steady rate, as opposed to a nuclear ...45 KB (6,704 words) - 00:40, 17 November 2022
- |- | Electron affinity || -53 kJ/mol 702 | 1470 | 2850 135 183 156 color1=#ffc0c0 | color2=black no data 50.6 7440-26-8 isotopesof=technetium ...43 KB (6,283 words) - 22:03, 13 January 2024
