Americium, 95 Am Americium Pronunciation (AM -ə-RISS -ee-əm ) Appearance silvery white Mass number [243] Americium in the periodic table
Atomic number (Z ) 95 Group group n/a Period period 7 Block f-block Element category f-block Electron configuration [Rn ] 5f7 7s2 Electrons per shell 2, 8, 18, 32, 25, 8, 2 Physical properties Phase at STP solid Melting point 1449 K (1176 °C, 2149 °F) Boiling point 2880 K (2607 °C, 4725 °F) (calculated) Density (near r.t. ) 12 g/cm3 Heat of fusion 14.39 kJ/mol Molar heat capacity 62.7 J/(mol·K) Vapor pressure
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Atomic properties Oxidation states +2, +3 , +4, +5, +6, +7 (an amphoteric oxide) Electronegativity Pauling scale: 1.3 Ionization energies Atomic radius empirical: 173 pm Covalent radius 180±6 pm Spectral lines of americiumOther properties Natural occurrence synthetic Crystal structure double hexagonal close-packed (dhcp) Thermal conductivity 10 W/(m·K) Electrical resistivity 0.69 µΩ·m[1] Magnetic ordering paramagnetic Magnetic susceptibility +1000.0·10−6 cm3 /mol[2] CAS Number 7440-35-9 History Naming after the Americas Discovery Glenn T. Seaborg , Ralph A. James , Leon O. Morgan , Albert Ghiorso (1944) Main isotopes of americium
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Am
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1176
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1449
1449
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2149
2149
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C: 1176, K: 1449, F: 2149
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Am
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C
2607
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2880
2880
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4725
4725
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C: 2607, K: 2880, F: 4725
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(calculated)
References
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↑ 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. doi :10.1007/BF00116197 . Bibcode : 1978JLTP...30..561M .
↑ Weast, Robert (1984). CRC, Handbook of Chemistry and Physics . Boca Raton, Florida: Chemical Rubber Company Publishing. pp. E110. ISBN 0-8493-0464-4 .
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