americium
chemical element with symbol Am and atomic number 95
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Summary
americium is a chemical element[1]. americium draws 4,445 Wikipedia views per month (chemical element category, ranking #77 of 144).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Glenn T. Seaborg[3]
- Named after: Americas[4]
- Canonical SMILES: [Am][5]
- Element symbol: Am[6]
- Chemical formula: Am[7]
- Subclass of: actinide[8], heavy metal[9], f-block[10]
- Part of: period 7[11], actinide[12]
- Commons category: Americium[13]
- Unicode character: 鋂[14]
- Crystal system: hexagonal crystal system[15]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1944[16]
- IPA transcription: ˌæməˈrɪsiəm[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Americium[18]
- Commons gallery: Americium[19]
- Atomic number: 95[20]
- Electronegativity: 1.13[21]
- Oxidation state: 2[22], 3[23], 4[24], 5[25], 6[26], 7[27]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[28]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox americium[29]
- Has characteristic: paramagnetism[30]
- Density: 13670.0 kilogram per cubic metre[31]
- Electrical conductivity: 147.1 siemens per metre[32]
- Specific heat capacity: 0.11 joule per kilogram kelvin[33]
- Mass: 243 dalton[34]
- Thermal conductivity: 10.0 watt per metre kelvin[35]
Why It Matters
americium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] americium is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]