Facts About Curium and Nobelium
Interesting Facts
- Curium metal does not occur free in nature.
- Curium metal is a synthetically produced metal.
- The most stable isotope of Nobelium metal is No-259.
- No-259 has a half-life of fifty-eight minutes.
Sources
Bombarding Plutonium with Helium Ions
Bombarding Curium-246 or Curium-249 with Carbon-12 Nuclei, Found in Minerals, Mining
Who Discovered
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Albert Ghiorso
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Discovery
In 1944
In 1966