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[[Am-241]] is isotope of Americium.

Mass: 241.056829144 [[amu]]

[[Halflife]]: 432.2 y

Energy of [[alpha decay]] (dominant):   7.543272 [[MeV]]

==Using==
\(
\rm
^{241}_{~94}Pu \xrightarrow[15~y]{\beta^-,~ 21\,KeV} {}
^{241}_{~95}Am \xrightarrow[432.7\,y]{\alpha,\, 4.959\,MeV} 
{}^{237}_{~96}Np \xrightarrow[2.4 \times 10^6\,y]{\alpha,~4.958 \,MeV} 
\mathrm{^{233}_{91}Pa} ~.\,.\,.
\)


[[Am-241]] is considered as the important component of the [[nuclear waste]] and dominant contaminante since come tens or years after a nuclear catastrophe.<ref>
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</ref><ref>2016.05.23. http://greenbelarus.info/articles/23-05-2016/eho-chernobylya-kak-smertelno-opasnyy-produkt-raspada-plutoniya-americiy Андрей Скурко. Эхо Чернобыля: как смертельно опасный америций угрожает здоровью и жизни беларусов? ЗЯЛЁНЫ ПАРТАЛ, 2016.05.23.
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==Heat generation==

==References==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americium-241