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. 2021 Oct 29;7(44):eabj1175. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abj1175

Table 2. Isotope content of the particle in the americium region.

Peak areas taken from the mass spectrum of Fig. 5.

Mass 239 Mass 240 241Am 242mAm 243Am
Signal [counts] 1177 555 724,475 348 16,435
Background [counts] 1097 484 561 66 23
Rel. content [%] this work - - 97.73(1) 0.04(1) 2.24(1)
Rel. content [%] from (39) - - 97.702(1)* 0.049(1) 2.249(1)
Mass [g/t U0] from (39) - - 251.8(40)* 0.18(1) 4.7(1)

*Values calculated from 241Pu masses taken from table 7 of Makarova et al. (39).

†Values calculated from 242Cm values of Makarova et al. (39).

‡Values taken from table 8 of Makarova et al. (39).