Americium, 95Am
Americium
Pronunciation/ˌæməˈrɪsiəm/ (AM-ə-RISS-ee-əm)
Appearancesilvery white
Mass number[243]
Americium in the periodic table
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Am

plutoniumamericiumcurium
Atomic number (Z)95
Groupf-block groups (no number)
Periodperiod 7
Block  f-block
Electron configuration[Rn] 5f7 7s2
Electrons per shell2, 8, 18, 32, 25, 8, 2
Physical properties
Phase at STPsolid
Melting point1449 K ​(1176 °C, ​2149 °F)
Boiling point2880 K ​(2607 °C, ​4725 °F) (calculated)
Density (near r.t.)12 g/cm3
Heat of fusion14.39 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity28[1] J/(mol·K)
Vapor pressure
P (Pa) 1 10 100 1 k 10 k 100 k
at T (K) 1239 1356
Atomic properties
Oxidation statescommon: +3
+2,[2] +4,[2] +5,[2] +6,[2] +7
ElectronegativityPauling scale: 1.3
Ionization energies
  • 1st: 578 kJ/mol
Atomic radiusempirical: 173 pm
Covalent radius180±6 pm
Color lines in a spectral range
Spectral lines of americium
Other properties
Natural occurrencesynthetic
Crystal structuredouble hexagonal close-packed (dhcp)
Double hexagonal close packed crystal structure for americium
Thermal conductivity10 W/(m⋅K)
Electrical resistivity0.69 µΩ⋅m[1]
Magnetic orderingparamagnetic
Molar magnetic susceptibility+1000.0×10−6 cm3/mol[3]
CAS Number7440-35-9
History
Namingafter the Americas
DiscoveryGlenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Leon O. Morgan, Albert Ghiorso (1944)
Isotopes of americium
Main isotopes[4] Decay
abun­dance half-life (t1/2) mode pro­duct
241Am synth 432.2 y α 237Np
SF
242m1Am synth 141 y IT 242Am
α 238Np
SF
243Am synth 7350 y α 239Np
SF
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Am · Americium
Pu ←

ibox Pu

iso
95
Am  [e]
IB-Am [e]
IBisos [e]
→ Cm

ibox Cm

indexes by PT (page)
child table, as reused in {IB-Am}
Main isotopes of americium
Main isotopes[4] Decay
abun­dance half-life (t1/2) mode pro­duct
241Am synth 432.2 y α 237Np
SF
242m1Am synth 141 y IT 242Am
α 238Np
SF
243Am synth 7350 y α 239Np
SF
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Symbol etymology (11 non-trivial)
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Allotropes (overview)
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Electron configuration (cmt, ref)
Isotopes
Standard atomic weight
  most stable isotope
Wikidata
Wikidata *
* Not used in {{Infobox element}} (2023-01-01)
See also {{Index of data sets}} · Cat:data sets (46) · (this table: )

References

  1. ^ a b Muller, W.; Schenkel, R.; Schmidt, H. E.; Spirlet, J. C.; McElroy, D. L.; Hall, R. O. A.; Mortimer, M. J. (1978). "The electrical resistivity and specific heat of americium metal". Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 30 (5–6): 561. Bibcode:1978JLTP...30..561M. doi:10.1007/BF00116197.
  2. ^ a b c d Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
  3. ^ Weast, Robert (1984). CRC, Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Boca Raton, Florida: Chemical Rubber Company Publishing. pp. E110. ISBN 0-8493-0464-4.
  4. ^ a b Kondev, F. G.; Wang, M.; Huang, W. J.; Naimi, S.; Audi, G. (2021). "The NUBASE2020 evaluation of nuclear properties" (PDF). Chinese Physics C. 45 (3): 030001. doi:10.1088/1674-1137/abddae.
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