²³¹Am — Unstable · t½ ≈ 1.7 min · Decay: β⁺ → ²³¹Pu · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
²³²Am — Unstable · t½ ≈ 1.3 min · Decay: β⁺ → ²³²Pu · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
²³³Am — Unstable · t½ ≈ 3.2 min · Decay: β⁺ → ²³³Pu · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
²³⁴Am — Unstable · t½ ≈ 2.3 min · Decay: β⁺ → ²³⁴Pu · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
²³⁵Am — Unstable · t½ ≈ 10.0 min · Decay: β⁺ → ²³⁵Pu · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
²³⁶Am — Unstable · t½ ≈ 4.4 min · Decay: β⁺ → ²³⁶Pu · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
²³⁷Am — Unstable · t½ ≈ 1.3 h · Decay: β⁺ → ²³⁷Pu · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
²³⁸Am — Unstable · t½ ≈ 98 min · Decay: β⁺ → ²³⁸Pu · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
²³⁹Am — Unstable · t½ ≈ 11.9 h · Decay: β⁺ → ²³⁹Pu · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
²⁴⁰Am — Unstable · t½ ≈ 50.8 h · Decay: β⁻ → ²⁴⁰Cm · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
²⁴¹Am — Unstable · t½ ≈ 432.2 y · Decay: α → ²³⁷Np · Type: synthetic · Uses: smoke detectors, neutron sources, industrial gauges.
²⁴²Am — Unstable · t½ ≈ 16.0 h · Decay: β⁻ → ²⁴²Cm · Type: synthetic · Uses: reactor physics.
²⁴³Am — Unstable · t½ ≈ 7.37×10³ y · Decay: α → ²³⁹Np · Type: synthetic · Uses: neutron sources, tracer.
²⁴⁴Am — Unstable · t½ ≈ 10.1 h · Decay: β⁻ → ²⁴⁴Cm · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
²⁴⁵Am — Unstable · t½ ≈ 2.0 h · Decay: β⁻ → ²⁴⁵Cm · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
²⁴⁶Am — Unstable · t½ ≈ 25.0 min · Decay: β⁻ → ²⁴⁶Cm · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
²⁴⁷Am — Unstable · t½ ≈ 23.0 min · Decay: β⁻ → ²⁴⁷Cm · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
Americium — isotope count: 17 total · Stable: none · Unstable: 17.
(Data: IAEA LiveChart, NUBASE2020, ENSDF, Wikipedia “Isotopes of americium.” Notable applications: ²⁴¹Am in smoke detectors, gauges, neutron sources; ²⁴³Am in tracer studies.)
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