Some old industrial smoke detectors (notably the Pyrotronics Corporation) can contain up to 80 μCi This amount declines slowly as the americium-241 decays into neptunium-237, a different transuranic element with a much longer half-life (about 2.14 million years).
The amount of 241 Am declines slowly as it decays into neptunium-237 a different transuranic element with a much longer half-life (about 2.14 million years). Some old industrial smoke detectors (notably the Pyrotronics Corporation) can contain up to 80 μCi.
Some old industrial smoke detectors (notably the Pyrotronics Corporation) can contain up to 80 μCi. The amount of 241 Am declines slowly as it decays into neptunium-237 a different transuranic element with a much longer half-life (about 2.14 million years).
Some old industrial smoke detectors (notably the Pyrotronics Corporation) can contain up to 80 μCi. The amount of 241 Am declines slowly as it decays into neptunium-237 a different transuranic element with a much longer half-life (about 2.14 million years).