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Americium-241 and Plutonium

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Difference between Americium-241 and Plutonium

Americium-241 vs. Plutonium

Americium-241 (241Am) is an isotope of americium. Plutonium is a radioactive chemical element with symbol Pu and atomic number 94.

Similarities between Americium-241 and Plutonium

Americium-241 and Plutonium have 29 things in common (in Unionpedia): Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Alpha decay, Alpha particle, Americium, Becquerel, Beryllium, Beta decay, Critical mass, Curie, Electric current, Electronvolt, Fissile material, Gamma ray, Half-life, Ionizing radiation, Isotope, Isotopes of neptunium, Light-water reactor, Liver, Neptunium, Neutron source, Nuclear isomer, Nuclear reactor, Pit (nuclear weapon), Radioactive decay, Radioactive waste, Radioisotope thermoelectric generator, Radium, Spontaneous fission.

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is a federal public health agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

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Alpha decay

Alpha decay or α-decay is a type of radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus emits an alpha particle (helium nucleus) and thereby transforms or 'decays' into an atom with a mass number that is reduced by four and an atomic number that is reduced by two.

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Alpha particle

Alpha particles consist of two protons and two neutrons bound together into a particle identical to a helium-4 nucleus.

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Americium

Americium is a synthetic chemical element with symbol Am and atomic number 95.

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Becquerel

The becquerel (symbol: Bq) is the SI derived unit of radioactivity.

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Beryllium

Beryllium is a chemical element with symbol Be and atomic number 4.

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Beta decay

In nuclear physics, beta decay (β-decay) is a type of radioactive decay in which a beta ray (fast energetic electron or positron) and a neutrino are emitted from an atomic nucleus.

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Critical mass

A critical mass is the smallest amount of fissile material needed for a sustained nuclear chain reaction.

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Curie

The curie (symbol Ci) is a non-SI unit of radioactivity originally defined in 1910.

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Electric current

An electric current is a flow of electric charge.

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Electronvolt

In physics, the electronvolt (symbol eV, also written electron-volt and electron volt) is a unit of energy equal to approximately joules (symbol J).

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Fissile material

In nuclear engineering, fissile material is material capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction.

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Gamma ray

A gamma ray or gamma radiation (symbol γ or \gamma), is penetrating electromagnetic radiation arising from the radioactive decay of atomic nuclei.

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Half-life

Half-life (symbol t1⁄2) is the time required for a quantity to reduce to half its initial value.

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Ionizing radiation

Ionizing radiation (ionising radiation) is radiation that carries enough energy to liberate electrons from atoms or molecules, thereby ionizing them.

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Isotope

Isotopes are variants of a particular chemical element which differ in neutron number.

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Isotopes of neptunium

Neptunium (93Np) is usually considered an artificial element, although trace quantities are found in nature, so thus a standard atomic weight cannot be given.

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Light-water reactor

The light-water reactor (LWR) is a type of thermal-neutron reactor that uses normal water, as opposed to heavy water, as both its coolant and neutron moderator – furthermore a solid form of fissile elements is used as fuel.

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Liver

The liver, an organ only found in vertebrates, detoxifies various metabolites, synthesizes proteins, and produces biochemicals necessary for digestion.

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Neptunium

Neptunium is a chemical element with symbol Np and atomic number 93.

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Neutron source

A neutron source is any device that emits neutrons, irrespective of the mechanism used to produce the neutrons.

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Nuclear isomer

A nuclear isomer is a metastable state of an atomic nucleus caused by the excitation of one or more of its nucleons (protons or neutrons).

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Nuclear reactor

A nuclear reactor, formerly known as an atomic pile, is a device used to initiate and control a self-sustained nuclear chain reaction.

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Pit (nuclear weapon)

The pit, named after the hard core found in fruits such as peaches and apricots, is the core of an implosion nuclear weapon – the fissile material and any neutron reflector or tamper bonded to it.

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Radioactive decay

Radioactive decay (also known as nuclear decay or radioactivity) is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy (in terms of mass in its rest frame) by emitting radiation, such as an alpha particle, beta particle with neutrino or only a neutrino in the case of electron capture, gamma ray, or electron in the case of internal conversion.

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Radioactive waste

Radioactive waste is waste that contains radioactive material.

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Radioisotope thermoelectric generator

A Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG, RITEG) is an electrical generator that uses an array of thermocouples to convert the heat released by the decay of a suitable radioactive material into electricity by the Seebeck effect.

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Radium

Radium is a chemical element with symbol Ra and atomic number 88.

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Spontaneous fission

Spontaneous fission (SF) is a form of radioactive decay that is found only in very heavy chemical elements.

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Americium-241 and Plutonium Comparison

Americium-241 has 76 relations, while Plutonium has 364. As they have in common 29, the Jaccard index is 6.59% = 29 / (76 + 364).

References

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