The linear oxo species

Am O_{2}^{+}

and

Am O_{2}^{2 +}

for Am(V) and Am(VI), respectively. The charge changes by one on a single-electron redox step.

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Americium is a synthetic chemical element with the symbol Am and atomic number 95. It is part of the actinide series on the periodic table and is produced through the neutron bombardment of plutonium. Discovered in 1944 by scientists Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, and Albert Ghiorso at the University of California, Berkeley, americium is named after the Americas.