A radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms.
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Examples for "americium "
Examples for "americium "
1 With David's record, this was a significant offense, since smoke detectors run on a radioactive element, americium .
2 Other models employ a small amount of the radioactive isotope americium , which emits alpha particles when it decays.
3 Invented during war, radioactive americium has become a bit of a do-gooder that is -surprisingly -in most homes.
4 But David had used americium to make his crude neutron gun, since alpha particles knock neutrons loose from certain elements.
5 While in the reactor, it began mutating into elements heavier than enriched uranium, such as isotopes of plutonium and americium .
1 The belief that 'I am strong therefore I am right' has changed.
2 I am going to try to answer another Ask a ScienceBlogger question.
3 Somebody needs to free this route; unfortunately, I am not that good.
4 Therefore, I am proposing some alternative measures which could possibly help: 1.
5 I am talking about power, real power, power to change the world.
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Translations for atomic number 95