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Radioactive americium-241 is used in household smoke detectors and in bone mineral analysis.
Give the number of electrons, protons, and neutrons in an atom of americium-241.

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Answer:

Electrons- 95

Protons- 95

Neutrons-146

Explanation:

An atoms is made up of three fundamental particles; electrons, protons and neutrons,

Americium belongs to the f block in the periodic table. It is an actinide element.

An atom of Am-241 contains 95 protons, 95 electrons and 146 neutrons.

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