Answered: Americuium-241

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Americuium-241 is a manufactured element. It is a silvery radioactive metal, which is used in smoke detectors. Household smoke detectors contain about 200 micrograms of Am-241. The amount of Am-241 present in the detector decreases or decays over timeThe table shows the mass of Am - 241 remaining, micrograms, over 1000 years 1 explain if the years column show equal time intervals

2nd
Remaining Difference Difference
Years
Mass
1st
Ratios
200
100
170
200
145
300
124
400
105
500
90
600
76
700
65
800
55
900
47
1000
40

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