Americium is an artificial element.
Americium has 95 protons.
Americium-gold alloy is available as foils.
Americium is an artificial element, don't exist in the nature.
Americium is made in either a fission reactor or an accelerator.
Americium-241 is a radioactive isotope commonly found in smoke detectors.
Americium was discovered in 1944 by Glenn Seaborg, Leon Morgan, Ralph James and Albert Ghiorso at the University of California, Berkeley. The atomic number of americium is 95.
Americium is found in smoke detectors, neutron sources (Am-Be), water detectors, density gauges, source of alpha particles, source of gamma rays, americium gamma rays bombs, etc.
Americium was obtained for the first time in USA, by Glenn Seaborg, Ralph James, Leon Morgan, Albert Ghiorso, year 1944.
Americium is oxydable in air.
In nuclear chemistry and nuclear physics laboratories
Americium has no odor.