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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AMERICIUM

From America (because it was discovered at Berkeley, California) + -ium.
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PRONUNCIATION OF AMERICIUM

americium  [ˌæməˈrɪsɪəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMERICIUM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Americium is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AMERICIUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

americium

Americium

Americium is a radioactive transuranic chemical element that has the symbol Am and atomic number 95. This member of the actinide series is located in the periodic table under the lanthanide element europium, and thus by analogy was named after another continent, America. Americium was first produced in 1944 by the group of Glenn T. Seaborg at the University of California, Berkeley. Although it is the third element in the transuranic series, it was discovered fourth, after the heavier curium. The discovery was kept secret and only released to the public in November 1945. Most americium is produced by bombarding uranium or plutonium with neutrons in nuclear reactors – one tonne of spent nuclear fuel contains about 100 grams of americium. It is widely used in commercial ionization chamber smoke detectors, as well as in neutron sources and industrial gauges. Several unusual applications, such as a nuclear battery or fuel for space ships with nuclear propulsion, have been proposed for the isotope 242mAm, but they are as yet hindered by the scarcity and high price of this nuclear isomer. Americium is a relatively soft radioactive metal with silvery appearance.

Definition of americium in the English dictionary

The definition of americium in the dictionary is 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; melting pt: 1176°C; boiling pt: 2607°C.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AMERICIUM


androecium
ænˈdriːsɪəm
apothecium
ˌæpəˈθiːsɪəm
axiom
ˈæksɪəm
calcium
ˈkælsɪəm
coliseum
ˌkɒlɪˈsɪəm
colosseum
ˌkɒləˈsɪəm
copernicium
ˌkəʊpəˈnɪsɪəm
dysprosium
dɪsˈprəʊsɪəm
francium
ˈfrænsɪəm
gynoecium
dʒaɪˈniːsɪəm
hassium
ˈhæsɪəm
lawrencium
lɒˈrɛnsɪəm
lyceum
laɪˈsɪəm
Novaesium
nəʊˈvaɪsɪəm
paramaecium
ˌpærəˈmiːsɪəm
paramecium
ˌpærəˈmiːsɪəm
perithecium
ˌpɛrɪˈθiːsɪəm
Piscium
ˈpaɪsɪəm
potassium
pəˈtæsɪəm
silicium
sɪˈlɪsɪəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AMERICIUM

amesace
Ameslan
ametabolic
ametabolism
ametabolous
amethyst
amethystine
ametropia
ametropic

WORDS THAT END LIKE AMERICIUM

aluminium
amphithecium
aquarium
at a premium
Belgium
endothecium
gynaecium
gynecium
hieracium
indicium
lithium
lutecium
medium
paramoecium
premium
sodium
stadium
titanium
zooecium
zoothecium

Synonyms and antonyms of americium in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «americium» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AMERICIUM

Find out the translation of americium to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of americium from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «americium» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

americio
570 millions of speakers

English

americium
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Americium
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأمريسيوم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

америций
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

amerício
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

americium
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

américium
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Americium
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Americium
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アメリシウム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아메리슘
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Americium
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

americium
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அமெரிகியம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अमोरियम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

amerikyum
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

americio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ameryk
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

америцій
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Americium
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

αμερίκιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

amerikium
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

americium
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

americium
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of americium

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AMERICIUM»

The term «americium» is regularly used and occupies the 62.494 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AMERICIUM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «americium» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «americium» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about americium

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMERICIUM»

Discover the use of americium in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to americium and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chemical Thermodynamics of Americium
This is the second volume in a series of critical reviews of the chemical thermodynamic data of those elements of particular importance in the safety assessment modeling of high-level radioactive waste storage and disposal facilities.
R.J. Silva, G. Bidoglio, P.B. Robouch, 1995
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The Toxicity of Plutonium, Americium and Curium: A Report ...
The Toxicity of Plutonium, Americium and Curium
J. C. Nenot, J. W. Stather, 1979
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Plutonium-239 and americium-241 uptake by plants from soil
Kenneth Warren Brown, Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory (Las Vegas, Nev.). Monitoring Systems Research and Development Division. INTRODUCTION Many of the longest lived radioactive pollutants being released into our ...
Kenneth Warren Brown, Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory (Las Vegas, Nev.). Monitoring Systems Research and Development Division, 1979
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Update on the chemical thermodynamics of uranium, neptunium, ...
This volume is part of the series on "Chemical Thermodynamics", published under the aegis of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, and updates and expands the thermodynamic data on inorganic compounds and complexes of uranium, neptunium, ...
Robert Guillaumont, Federico J. Mompean, 2003
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The Terrorist Effect - Weapons of Mass Disruption: The ...
americium and all of them are radioactive, but only three have half-lives long enough to warrant concern: americium-241, americium-242m, and americium- 243. Ofthese, americium-241 is generally the most prevalent isotope in use. It decays ...
Jones, Haygood, 2011
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Age-Related Factors in Radionuclide Metabolism and ...
THE GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION OF PLUTONIUM AND AMERICIUM IN NEONATAL MAMMALS J.D. HARRISON, J.A. BOMFORD, A.J. DAVID National Radiological Protection Board, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon 0X11 ORQ. ABSTRACT ...
G.B. Gerber, H. Métivier, Hylton Smith, 1987
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Nuclear Technology
The ionization sensor smoke alarm contains a small amount of radioactive material (typically, the alpha- emitting radioisotope americium-241) embedded in a gold foil matrix within an ionization chamber. The matrix is made by rolling gold and ...
Joseph A. Angelo, 2004
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The Absorption Spectrum of Americium
The absorption spectra of aqueous solutions and solid compounds of americium have been investigated with a Baird 3-meter grating spectrograph.
B. J. Stover, J. G. Conway, Burris Bell Cunningham, 1950
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Americium and Curium Chemistry and Technology: Papers from a ...
Papers from a Symposium Given at the 1984 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Honolulu, December 16-21, 1984
Norman Edelstein, J.D. Navratil, Wallace W. Schulz, 2011
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The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
... (3.7E 11) Americium-237 95 1000 (3.7E 13) Americium-238 95 100 (3.7E 12) Americium-239 95 100(3.7E 12) Americium-240 95 10(3.7E 11) Americium-241 95 0.01 (3.7E 8) Americium-242m 95 0.01 (3.7E 8) Americium-242 95 100 (3.7E  ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMERICIUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term americium is used in the context of the following news items.
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Benchtop Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF …
The instrument is provided with 50kV excitation and advanced high-resolution silicon drift detector enabling testing of many elements from sodium to americium. «AZoNano.com, Jul 15»
2
USA's Experimental Breeder Reactor-II now permanently entombed
All these were demonstrated, though the program was aborted in 1994 before the recycle of neptunium and americium was properly evaluated. «World Nuclear News, Jul 15»
3
Benchtop XRF Energy Fluorescence Spectrometer - Epsilon 3 XLE …
Epsilon 3 performs non-destructive quantitative analysis of elements from carbon to americium, in concentrations from 100% down to ppm levels. The Epsilon 3 ... «AZoNano.com, Jul 15»
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Clean Daily for Litter Box Safety
... reaction between organic kitty litter (used to help absorb spills of uranium, plutonium, and americium) and the drum's contents was to blame. «Newsmax, Jun 15»
5
NASA report details plutonium needs for planetary missions
DOE has enough feed material (neptunium-237 and potentially americium-241) extracted from spent reactor fuel to provide four times the 140 ... «Physics Today, Jun 15»
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Atomic Tourist Review: 2015 Toyota 4Runner 4X4 Trail Premium
... anything more radioactive than the radium test source on the CD V-700's case and the tiniest signal from the americium in a smoke detector. «Autoweek, Jun 15»
7
DOE speaks up on recertification
Nearly two dozen employees were contaminated with low levels of plutonium and americium. DOE officials have said WIPP could reopen in a ... «Albuquerque Journal, Jun 15»
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EPA to hold 2 meetings on WIPP application
... its application six weeks after the radiation leak, which contaminated nearly two dozen workers with low levels of plutonium and americium. «Albuquerque Journal, Jun 15»
9
Going Back to Californium: A Changing View of Covalency
These results challenge previously held views that heavy elements such as californium, plutonium, and americium are only able to possess ... «Newswise, Jun 15»
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Developing a 5 watt nuclear D cell battery that lasts decades for …
They might have americium RTGs in the future. It looks like the Russians ... Better get those americium cells working. Plutonium is going to be ... «Next Big Future, Jun 15»

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