Americium(II) iodide

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| IUPACName = Americium(II) iodide

| OtherNames = Americium diiodide

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| CASNo = 38150-40-2

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| SMILES = [I-].[I-].[Am+2]

| StdInChI=1S/Am.2HI/h;2*1H/q+2;;/p-2

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| Am=1|I=2

| Appearance = black solid

| Density = 6.60 g/cm3

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Americium(II) iodide is the inorganic compound with the formula AmI2.{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/0022-1902(72)80237-9|title=Divalent Americium: The Crystal Structure and Magnetic Susceptibility of AmI2|year=1972|last1=Baybarz|first1 =R. D.|last2=Asprey|first2=L. B.|last3=Strouse|first3=C. E.|last4=Fukushima|first4=E.|journal=Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry|volume= 34|issue=11|pages=3427–3431}} It is a black solid which crystallizes in the same motif as strontium bromide.{{Greenwood&Earnshaw2nd}}

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