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How was Americium created?

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Americium was first obtained by Glenn T. Seaborg, Leon O. Morgan, Ralph A. James and Albert Ghiorso in 1944 as a result of some nuclear reactions:

Pu 239----(n,gamma)---Pu 240-----(n,gamma)--- Pu 241---- beta rays---- Am 241

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