Americium(III) nitrate is an

inorganic compound In chemistry, an inorganic compound is typically a chemical compound that lacks carbon–hydrogen bonds, that is, a compound that is not an organic compound. The study of inorganic compounds is a subfield of chemistry known as '' inorganic chemist ...

, a salt of

americium Americium is a synthetic radioactive chemical element with the symbol Am and atomic number 95. It is a transuranic member of the actinide series, in the periodic table located under the lanthanide element europium, and thus by analogy was na ...

and

nitric acid Nitric acid is the inorganic compound with the formula . It is a highly corrosive mineral acid. The compound is colorless, but older samples tend to be yellow cast due to decomposition into oxides of nitrogen. Most commercially available nitri ...

with the chemical formula Am(NO₃)₃. The compound is soluble in water and radioactive.

Synthesis

Reaction of americium and nitric acid: ::8Am + 30HNO3 -> 8Am(NO3)3 + 3N2O + 15H2O

Chemical properties

Americium(III) nitrate thermally decomposes to form

americium(III) oxide Americium(III) oxide or americium sesquioxide is an oxide of the element americium. It has the empirical formula Am2O3. Since all isotopes of americium are only artificially produced, americium (III) oxide has no natural occurrence. The colour depe ...

. It forms crystal hydrates.

References

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