americium

chemical element with symbol Am and atomic number 95
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americium

Summary

americium is a chemical element[1]. americium draws 31 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #77 of 144).[2]

Key Facts

  • americium is credited with the discovery of Glenn T. Seaborg[3].
  • americium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[4].
  • Americas is named after americium[5].
  • americium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Am][6].
  • americium's element symbol is recorded as Am[7].
  • americium's chemical formula is recorded as Am[8].
  • americium is a type of actinide[9].
  • americium is part of period 7[10].
  • americium is part of actinide[11].
  • americium's Commons category is recorded as Americium[12].
  • americium's Unicode character is recorded as 鋂[13].
  • americium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1944[14].
  • americium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Americium[15].
  • americium's Commons gallery is recorded as Americium[16].
  • americium's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+95'}[17].
  • americium's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.13'}[18].
  • americium's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[19].
  • americium's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox americium[20].
  • americium's density is recorded as {'amount': '+13670.0'}[21].
  • americium's electrical conductivity is recorded as {'amount': '+147.1'}[22].
  • americium's specific heat capacity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.11'}[23].
  • americium's mass is recorded as {'amount': '+243'}[24].
  • americium's thermal conductivity is recorded as {'amount': '+10.0'}[25].
  • americium's melting point is recorded as {'amount': '+1449.0'}[26].
  • americium's boiling point is recorded as {'amount': '+2880.0'}[27].

Body

Definition and Type

americium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[4]. americium is a type of actinide[9].

Origins

Americas is named after americium[5].

Use and Application

Part of include period 7[10], a period[28] and actinide[11], a chemical series[29].

Why It Matters

americium draws 31 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #77 of 144).[2] americium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] americium is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of actinide
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q19577]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269656|batch #269656]]"
  2. 5d ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id i113892
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id 151078421
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||3 */ added/modified IDs mapped to WordNet 3.1"
  3. 16d ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Electrical conductivity {'amount': '+147.1'}
    Melting point {'amount': '+1449.0'}
    Specific heat capacity {'amount': '+0.11'}
    Thermal conductivity {'amount': '+10.0'}
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9824]]: 9008461, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269026|batch #269026]]"
  4. 7w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 1gVeDs
    Hrvatska enciklopedija id americij
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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