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Good articleAmericium has been listed as one of the Natural sciences good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Did You Know Article milestones
DateProcessResult
November 28, 2010Good article nomineeListed
September 29, 2014Good topic candidatePromoted
February 15, 2024Good topic removal candidateDemoted
Did You Know A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on November 20, 2010.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the discovery of chemical elements curium and americium (americium compound pictured) was first announced on a radio show for children in 1945?
Current status: Good article

Pronunciation?

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No explanation of the correct pronunciation. This would be a useful addition!

Future Uses

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i think that NASA is planning to use Am²⁴² for spacecraft 2402:4000:2200:57F3:3D0E:41F3:6098:2587 (talk) 05:41, 21 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If anything, they would use the isomer Am-242m, because the ground state half-life is too short to be useful. If you'd like to add this to the article, though, be sure to include a reliable source. Complex/Rational 21:10, 21 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Why don't we have a proper atomic mass for macroscopic elements?

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Atomic mass unit is measured by one sixth of its weight I think. We should be able to calcule that and yet its still Predicted. Why is that? UB Blacephalon (talk) 03:16, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Solubility of americium trifluoride

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The description of americium trifluoride solubility in this page states that it's poorly soluble, whereas the main article on americium trifluoride states that it is "a water soluble solid". Pygos (talk) 05:03, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]