Facts About Holmium and Curium
Interesting Facts
- Holmium metal is very soft and malleable.
- Holmium metal is well known for its corrosion resistivity.
- Curium metal does not occur free in nature.
- Curium metal is a synthetically produced metal.
Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Bombarding Plutonium with Helium Ions
Who Discovered
Marc Delafontaine
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Albert Ghiorso
Discovery
In 1878
In 1944
Abundance In Universe
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Abundance In Meteorites
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Abundance In Earth's Crust
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Abundance In Oceans
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