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Facts About Lithium and Curium


Facts About Curium and Lithium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Heat capacity of Lithium is very high.
  • Lithium inflammable and highly explosive metal, hence it has to be stored properly.
  
  • Curium metal does not occur free in nature.
  • Curium metal is a synthetically produced metal.
  

Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining   
Bombarding Plutonium with Helium Ions   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Johan August Arfwedson   
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Albert Ghiorso   

Discovery
In 1817   
In 1944   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
6 * 10-7 %   
18
Not Available   

Abundance In Sun
~0.00017 %   
11
~-9999 %   

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
22
Not Available   

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
99+
Not Available   

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
15
Not Available   

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
16
Not Available   

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