1 Facts
1.1 Interesting Facts
- It is synthetically produced metal.
- Radiation hazard can be produce by it.
- Curium metal does not occur free in nature.
- Curium metal is a synthetically produced metal.
1.2 Sources
Bombarding Californium-252 with Boron Nuclei, Found in Minerals, Mining
Bombarding Plutonium with Helium Ions
1.3 History
1.3.1 Who Discovered
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Albert Ghiorso
1.3.2 Discovery
1.4 Abundance
1.4.1 Abundance In Universe
1.4.2 Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %~-9999 %
1E-08
0.1
1.4.3 Abundance In Meteorites
1.4.4 Abundance In Earth's Crust
1.4.5 Abundance In Oceans
1.4.6 Abundance In Humans