Uses of Americium and Californium
Uses & Benefits
- Americium metal is used in smoke detection alarms.
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In the future, this metal has a potential to be used in batteries of spacecrafts.
- Californium metal has a very strong neutron emitter. It is used as a metal detector.
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It also used as an identifier to check Water and oil layers in oil wells.
Industrial Uses
NA
Chemical Industry
Other Uses
Alloys, Nuclear Research, Research Purposes
Alloys, Nuclear Research
Present in Human Body
No
No