Editing Transuranium element (section)

==Applications==

Transuranic elements may be used to synthesize superheavy elements.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lougheed|first=R. W.|author2=Landrum, J. H.|author3=Hulet, E. K.|author4=Wild, J. F.|author5=Dougan, R. J.|author6=Dougan, A. D.|author7=Gäggeler, H.|author8=Schädel, M.|author9=Moody, K. J.|display-authors=1|date=1985|title=Search for superheavy elements using <sup>48</sup>Ca + <sup>254</sup>Es<sup>g</sup> reaction|journal=[[Physical Review C]]|volume=32|issue=5|pages=1760–1763|bibcode=1985PhRvC..32.1760L|doi=10.1103/PhysRevC.32.1760|author10=Gregorich, K. E.|author11=Seaborg, G. T.|pmid=9953034}}</ref> Elements of the island of stability have potentially important military applications, including the development of compact nuclear weapons.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://cryptome.org/2014/06/wmd-4th-gen-quest.pdf|title=The Physical Principles of Thermonuclear Explosives, Intertial Confinement Fusion, and the Quest for Fourth Generation Nuclear Weapons|last1=Gsponer|first1=André|last2=Hurni|first2=Jean-Pierre|publisher=International Network of Engineers and Scientists Against Proliferation|year=1997|isbn=978-3-933071-02-6|pages=110–115|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180606134706/https://cryptome.org/2014/06/wmd-4th-gen-quest.pdf|archive-date=6 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The potential everyday applications are vast; [[americium]] is used in devices such as [[smoke detectors]] and [[spectrometers]].<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.uic.com.au/nip35.htm |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20020911070229/http%3A//www%2Euic%2Ecom%2Eau/nip35%2Ehtm |archive-date= 11 September 2002 |title=Smoke Detectors and Americium |work=Nuclear Issues Briefing Paper |volume=35 |date=May 2002 |access-date=2015-08-26}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/nudat2/indx_dec.jsp Nuclear Data Viewer 2.4], NNDC</ref>