Curium

96Cm247

Properties

Symbol

Name

Atomic
Number

Atomic
Weight

Group
Number

Cm

Curium

96

247

Description

Standard State: solid at 298 KColor: silver

Seaborg, James, and Ghiorso identified Curium in 1944. Very small amounts of curium probably exists in natural deposits of of
uranium;
however, the presence of Curium in nature has never been detected. If Curium is
absorbed into the body, it completely destroys the mechanism that creates red blood cells.