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 __* ____♥ ____AMERICIUM ____♥* __ *♥Properties♥*  *♥Discovery of Element♥*  *♥Common or Popular Uses Of Americium♥*
 * Atomic #:95
 * Atomic mass:243
 * Is a solid
 * Is a metal 
 * Americium was discovered in late 1944.
 * It was named after America.
 * Americium was discovered as a by-product of military research during world war ll.
 * The U.S government maintained a major research site at the University of Chicago during the war.
 * There work led to the first atomic bomb.
 * During that research, a team from the University of California, consisting of Glenn Seaborg, Albert Ghiorso, Ralph A. James, and Leon O.Morgan discovered a new element that was eventually named __AMERICIUM!!!__
 * Americium is used to measure the thickness of materials.
 * The MOST common use of Americium is in smoke detectors.
 * Portable source for gamma radiography.

Gamma Radiography

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