Chemical Symbol Cm (+ Cool facts: Color, Uses and more...) 2022

Every chemical element has its own symbol to represent them. But what is the Cm element?

The answer is Curium, whose symbol is Cm, and there's a lot of cool facts about it that most people don't know. Let me walk you through...

Curium Overview

Chemical Symbol

Cm (Curium)

Uses

It has no significant commercial applications.

State at 20 °C

solid

Description

Silvery, malleable, synthetic radioactive metal.

Name Origin

Named in honor of Pierre and Marie Curie.

Sources

Made by bombarding plutonium with helium ions. So radioactive it glows in the dark.

Atomic Number

96

Learn more about the atomic number.

Atomic Mass

247,0703

Discovery

Discovered By: G.T.Seaborg, R.A.James, A.Ghiorso

Year: 1944

Location: United States

Learn more about the atomic mass.

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