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americium in American English
a radioactive, metallic chemical element, one of the actinides, produced by the beta decay of an isotope of plutonium: symbol, Am; at. no., 95
noun: a transuranic element, one of the products of high-energy helium bombardment of uranium and plutonium; at. no.: 95

americium in British English
noun: a white metallic transuranic element artificially produced from plutonium. It is used as an alpha-particle source. Symbol: Am; atomic no: 95; half-life of most stable isotope, 243Am: 7.4 × 103 years; valency: 2,3,4,5, or 6; relative density: 13.67; meltin

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