Facts About Curium and Dubnium
Interesting Facts
- Curium metal does not occur free in nature.
- Curium metal is a synthetically produced metal.
  
- IUPAC allotted a temporary name to Dubnium metal as “ Unnilpentium”.
- In the production of Dubnium, thermal gradient chromatography is used.
  
Sources
Bombarding Plutonium with Helium Ions
  
Produced by Bombarding Am243 with Ne22, Synthetically Produced
  
History
  
  
Who Discovered
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Albert Ghiorso
  
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
  
Discovery
In 1944
  
In 1968
  
Abundance