Americium

By

Aileen Germono

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Americium The Element

 

O Element Americium

Whose symbol is Am.

It’s atomic number 95

and weight is 2-4-3.

Americium! Americium!

Discovered by Seaborg,

James, Morgan, and Ghiorso,

In 1944!

 

O Element Americium

On the periodic chart

Is between two elements,

Plutonium and Curium.

Americium! Americium!

was the fourth transuranic

element and discovered in

the United States!

 

O Element Americium

is white and silvery,

which slowly tarnishes in air

is soluble in acid.

Americium! Americium!

is classified a metal

and structures as a hexagon

from its discoveries.

 

O Element Americium

is a rare earth metal

This radioactive metal

must be handled with care.

Americium! Americium!

Been used as portable

source for gamma radiography

for flat glass industry!

 

O Element Americium

Source of ionization

for smoke detectors to save lives

as safety device used.

 

Americium! Americium!

is made in nuclear reactors.

And is a decay product of

Plutonium 2-4-1!

O Element Americium

thought to exist in two

an alpha form double hexagon

and cubic beta form.

Americium! Americium!

Does not naturally

occur in the biosphere

and never poses risk.

 

O Element Americium

Your density equals

Eleven point seven grams

is mass over its weight.

Americium! Americium!

In Celsius equals,

Nine hundred ninety four degrees

is your own melting point!

 

O Element Americium

What about your boiling point,

its two thousand six O seven

degrees in Celsius.

Americium! Americium!

Is measured in a mole,

six point O 2 times ten 23rd

moles in Americium!