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curium

curium

1 9.9
A radioactive metal element made in labs by hitting plutonium with helium atoms
  • noun
  • /ˈkjʊəriəm/
  • Specialized
: curio
  • LWR SNF is still about 95% fissionable or fertile isotopes; it's some of those (various isotopes of plutonium, americium, and curium).

Examples

  • Curium is a radioactive element with the chemical symbol Cm.

  • And cadmium and calcium and chromium and curium La La La La La La La La La La la.

  • Enhanced skeletal muscular systems, cardiovascular turbo boosted with a curium-244 atomic battery.

    Hardcore Henry (2015)

  • Researchers discovered curium while experimenting with heavy elements in the lab.

  • The properties of curium make it useful in certain types of nuclear reactors.

Synonyms

Cm
vscurium
  • Specialized
1 9.9

Represents the element curium on the periodic table, a radioactive metal

is the full name form rather than an abbreviated symbol form

Surface Forms

curium singular
curiums plural

Morphology

curium = Curie (semi-transparent) = curie + ium

The form is clearly 'Curie' + the element-forming suffix '-ium', which signals a chemical element, but recognizing 'Curie' (a proper name) and the convention is specialized knowledge.

Etymology

The word curium is named in honor of the scientists Marie and Pierre Curie, who are famous for their work on radioactivity. That's why curium is a radioactive metal made in laboratories and used as a power source and in scientific research.