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    Aug 8, 2013, 08:09 AM
    Radioactivity
    What is the difference with uranium and plutonium? How to make fission with these two elements?



    What is americium? Is this highly radioactive that used in nuclear bombs?
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    Aug 8, 2013, 01:12 PM
    Suggest you get your chemistry book out and start looking. Some Americium is used in smoke detectors as the ionizing agent.
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