Facts About Thulium and Curium
Interesting Facts
- Thulium metal can resist corrosion due to dry air .
- Only Tm-169 isotope of Thulium metal occur naturally.
- 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
Per Teodor Cleve
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Albert Ghiorso
Discovery
In 1879
In 1944
Abundance In Earth's Crust