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americium
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americium /am·er·ic·i·um/ (Am) (am″er-is´e-um) a chemical element, at. no. 95.
am·er·i·ci·um (m-rsh-m)
n. Symbol Am
A white metallic synthetic element of the actinide series whose longest-lived isotopes, Am 241 and Am 243, are used as radiation sources for bone mineral analysis and in treating cancer. Atomic number 95.
americium (Am)
[am′ərish′ē·əm]
a synthetic radioactive element of the actinide group. Its atomic number is 95; its atomic mass is 243.
americium
a chemical element, atomic number 95, atomic weight 243, symbol Am. See Table 6.


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