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Americium
//ˌæməˈɹɪsiəm//
"Americium" in a Sentence (2 examples)
Even thin sheets of Americium-241 can sustain a chain reaction.
This element, considered to be radioactive and classified as a metal, is artificially produced by bombarding atoms of americium-243—an isotope of the element Americium (Am)—with ions of a rare isotope calcium-48 using a device called a cyclotron.
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