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Made from Uranium in a vat, you know it boils water just like that!

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1.) Curium is the most radioactive element that can be isolated.
2.) Curium boils water just by being near it.
3.) Most isotopes glow in the dark.
(GrrlsScientist, 2013)

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Curium is mostly used to create heavier actinides. It is also used to provide power to electrical equipment on space missions by producing Pu-238 radionuclides (Curium - element information, properties and uses: Periodic Table).

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Electron Configuration: [Rn] 7s^2 5f^8
Orbital Notation: See Attached Image

(Winter)

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Curium - element information, properties and uses: Periodic Table. Curium - Element information, properties and uses | Periodic Table. Retrieved March 10, 2022, from https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/96/curium

File:electron shell 096 curium - no label.svg. Wikimedia Commons. (n.d.). Retrieved March 13, 2022, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Electron_shell_096_Curium_-_no_label.svg

GrrlScientist. (2013, July 19). Element of the week: Curium | video. The Guardian. Retrieved March 10, 2022, from https://www.theguardian.com/science/grrlscientist/2013/jul/19/chemistry#:~:text=The%20longest%2Dlived%20isotope%20is,element%20that%20can%20be%20isolated.

Mark Winter, U. of S. and W. E. L.. Curium: Properties of free atoms. WebElements Periodic Table " Curium " properties of free atoms. Retrieved March 13, 2022, from https://www.webelements.com/curium/atoms.html

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Most predominant isotopes are Cm-243, and Cm-248
Can be naturally found in very small quantities in uranium deposits, but the majority of Curium is man-made (GrrlsScientist, 2013).

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Curium was first intentionally created by Glenn Seaborg, Ralph James, and Albert Ghiorso in 1944 with the use of a cyclotron. The experiment was performed in Berkeley, California, and was carried out by bombarding plutonium-239 with alpha particles (Curium - element information, properties and uses: Periodic Table).

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Atomic Symbol: Cm
Atomic Number: 96
Atomic Mass: 247
Atomic Radius: 2.450 Å
F block, Actinide Series
In standard form, contains 96 protons, 96 electrons, and 151 neutrons (Curium - element information, properties and uses: Periodic Table).

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Curium is a member of the actinide series, and is a silver, radioactive metal. It is very dense, and has a relatively high melting point for an actinide. It predominately has a valence charge of +4 (Curium - element information, properties and uses: Periodic Table).