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  • Curium
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  • Curium (symbol Cm) is a chemical element, atomic number 96 on the periodic table.
  • There are few commercial applications for curium but it may one day be useful in radioisotope thermoelectric generators. Curium bio-accumulates in bone tissue where its radiation destroys bone marrow and thus stops red blood cell creation.
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occurance
  • Radioactive
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Number
  • 96
Stability
  • Stable
discoverer
  • Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Albert Ghiorso
Name
  • Curium
Discovery date
  • 1944
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Mass
  • *
Title
  • File: 9-icon.pngFile: 6-icon.pngCurium
Symbol
  • Cm
Image
  • Curium 2.jpg
ImageCaption
  • Curium is named after Marie and Pierre Curie, who discovered radium and polonium, but not curium. It has some specialized applications in research, but is not generally available outside a few institutions
abstract
  • Curium (symbol Cm) is a chemical element, atomic number 96 on the periodic table.
  • There are few commercial applications for curium but it may one day be useful in radioisotope thermoelectric generators. Curium bio-accumulates in bone tissue where its radiation destroys bone marrow and thus stops red blood cell creation.