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Cm
Curium
(247)
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Curium
actinide· Solid·247 u
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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Identity
- Symbol
- Cm
- Atomic Number
- 96
- Atomic Mass
- 247 u
- Category
- actinide
- Block
- f-block
- Period
- 7
- Group
- 3
- Appearance
- silvery metallic, glows purple in the dark
- Year Discovered
- 1944 CE
- Discovered By
- Glenn T. Seaborg
- Named By
- Pierre Curie
Electrons
- Configuration
- [Rn] 5f7 6d1 7s2
- Full Configuration
- 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10 4p6 5s2 4d10 5p6 6s2 4f14 5d10 6p6 7s2 5f7 6d1
- Shells
- 2, 8, 18, 32, 25, 9, 2
- Electronegativity
- 1.28
- Electron Affinity
- 27.17
- Oxidation States
- +3
- Ionization Energies
- 581
Physical Properties
- State at
- Solid
- Melting Point
- 1613
- Boiling Point
- 3383
- Density
- 13.51
- Crystal Structure
- HEX
- Magnetic Ordering
- Antiferromagnetic
Mechanical
Thermal & Electrical
- Specific Heat
- 120 J/(kg K) J/(g·K)
- Heat of Vaporization
- 160 kJ/mol kJ/mol
- Heat of Fusion
- 15 kJ/mol kJ/mol
Abundance
- Universe
- 0
- Sun
- 0
- Meteorite
- 0
- Earth's Crust
- 0
- Ocean
- 0
- Human Body
- 0