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1 Element Profile Curium

2 Cm 96 Basic Facts Solid at room temperature
Malleable, radioactive, silvery metal Classified as part of the Actinides Cm 96 Curium

3 Discovery Founded in 1944 by Glenn Seaborg, Ralph James, & Albert Ghiorso Curium’s production was the result of bombardment of Plutonium-239 Occurred in Berkeley, CA

4 Behind the Name Named in honor of French/Polish alchemists Pierre and Marie Curie Best known for their discovery of Radium and Polonium in 1898

5 Uses Curium is primarily used to make batteries for Pacemakers Spacecraft Planetary explorers Satellites

6 Availability Curium does not exist in nature Created synthetically Extremely small amounts of curium may exist in natural deposits of Uranium

7 Bibliography Pierre and Marie Curie. (n.d.). Retrieved from (n.d.). Retrieved from Curium - Element information, properties and uses | Periodic Table. (n.d.). Retrieved from

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