Americium(II) chloride, also known as dichloroamericium, is the

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composed of

americium Americium is a synthetic element, synthetic chemical element; it has Chemical symbol, symbol Am and atomic number 95. It is radioactive and a transuranic member of the actinide series in the periodic table, located under the lanthanide element e ...

and

chloride The term chloride refers to a compound or molecule that contains either a chlorine anion (), which is a negatively charged chlorine atom, or a non-charged chlorine atom covalently bonded to the rest of the molecule by a single bond (). The pr ...

with the

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AmCl₂.

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Americium compounds Chlorides Actinide halides {{inorganic-compound-stub