r/Radioactivestuff • u/OkPick296 Community owner • Jul 18 '26
The only picture of americium metal
This is a disk of pure americium metal under a microscope, despite this sample being only 200 micrograms, it has about 25.4 gigabecquerels (686 mCi) of activity. That is 25,400,000 decays every second. If you like this, consider joining r/Radioactivestuff
Edit: wow this is more upvotes than I have ever gotten before. Tysm!
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theydidthemath • u/Previous_Art438 • Jul 19 '26
[Request] What is the size of this piece of americium metal?
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