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96 Cm 247 u

Element 96 · Solid at room temperature

Curium

Actinides

Looks like: silvery metallic, glows purple in the dark.

Cm

Curium is a transuranic radioactive chemical element with symbol Cm and atomic number 96. This element of the actinide series was named after Marie and Pierre Curie – both were known for their research on radioactivity. Curium was first intentionally produced and identified in July 1944 by the group of Glenn T. Seaborg at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Atomic mass

247u

Density

13.51g/cm³

Melts

1613 K

Boils

3383 K

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Curium's family

Elements in the same series — near-identical chemistry, which is why they share a row.

Source

Discovered by Glenn T. Seaborg.

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