Electron configuration and spectroscopy have facilitated the organization of the periodic table because it gives the table an order on which to follow. the electron configuration is a constant pattern that electron fit into when forming new atoms, and spectroscopy deals with the light givin off when those electrons become excited. Because both of those things are unchangeable variables, they can be used as a sense of order. The periodic table is constant because becuase both electron configuration and spectroscopy are constant.
Americcium was discovered in 1944 by Glenn T. Seaborg. He discovered it by bombarding plutonium with neutrons. Am241 is commonly used as a part of home smoke detectors due to its radioactivity and the ability of radiation to be easily detected.
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