| 41. | The " McCluskey Room " was used to separate americium from plutonium during the Cold War.
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| 42. | This procedure is well known as nuclear transmutation, but it is still being developed for americium.
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| 43. | Another proposed space-related application of americium is a fuel for space ships with nuclear propulsion.
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| 44. | Plutonium, neptunium and americium form two basic oxides : An 2 O 3 and AnO 2.
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| 45. | Starting at uranium-238, isotopes of plutonium, americium, and curium are all produced.
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| 46. | Initial experiments yielded four americium isotopes : 241 Am, 242 Am, 239 Am and 238 Am.
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| 47. | The circle of darker metal in the center is americium-241; the surrounding casing is aluminium.
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| 48. | Neutron porosity logging tools contain an americium-beryllium neutron source, which irradiates the formation with neutrons.
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| 49. | Americium is commonly used in industry as both an alpha particle and low photon energy gamma radiation source.
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| 50. | Americium-aluminium alloys can be formed by melting americium dioxide with aluminium and an additional fluxing agent.
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