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