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Curium, 96Cm
Curium
Pronunciation/ˈkjʊəriəm/ (KEWR-ee-əm)
Appearancesillery metallic, glows purpie in the dark
Mass number[247]
Curium in the periodic cairt
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Gd

Cm

(Uqo)
americiumcuriumberkelium
Atomic nummer (Z)96
Groupgroup n/a
Periodperiod 7
Blockf-block
Element category  Actinide
Electron confeeguration[Rn] 5f7 6d1 7s2
Electrons per shell2, 8, 18, 32, 25, 9, 2
Pheesical properties
Phase at STPsolit
Meltin pynt1613 K ​(1340 °C, ​2444 °F)
Bylin pynt3383 K ​(3110 °C, ​5630 °F)
Density (near r.t.)13.51 g/cm3
Heat o fusion13.85 kJ/mol
Vapour pressur
P (Pa) 1 10 100 1 k 10 k 100 k
at T (K) 1788 1982
Atomic properties
Oxidation states+2, +3, +4, +5,[1] +6[2] (an amphoteric oxide)
ElectronegativityPauling scale: 1.3
Ionisation energies
  • 1st: 581 kJ/mol
Atomic radiusempirical: 174 pm
Covalent radius169±3 pm
Colour lines in a spectral range
Colour lines in a spectral range
Spectral lines o curium
Ither properties
Naitural occurrencesynthetic
Creestal structur ​dooble hexagonal close packed
Electrical resistivity1.25 µΩ·m[3]
Magnetic orderinantiferromagnetic-paramagnetic transition at 52 K[3]
CAS Nummer7440-51-9
History
Naminnamed after Marie Skłodowska-Curie an Pierre Curie
DiskiveryGlenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Albert Ghiorso (1944)
Main isotopes o curium
Iso­tope Abun­dance Hauf-life (t1/2) Decay mode Pro­duct
242Cm syn 160 d SF
α 238Pu 243Cm syn 29.1 y α 239Pu
ε 243Am
SF
244Cm syn 18.1 y SF
α 240Pu
245Cm syn 8500 y SF
α 241Pu
246Cm syn 4730 y α 242Pu
SF
247Cm syn 1.56×107 y α 243Pu
248Cm syn 3.40×105 y α 244Pu
SF 250Cm syn 9000 y SF
α 246Pu
β 250Bk
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C 1340
K 1613 1610 3 delta
F 2444 2440 4 delta
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C 3110
K 3383 3380 3 delta
F 5630 5630 0
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References

  1. Kovács, Attila; Dau, Phuong D.; Marçalo, Joaquim; Gibson, John K. (2018). "Pentavalent Curium, Berkelium, and Californium in Nitrate Complexes: Extending Actinide Chemistry and Oxidation States". Inorg. Chem. American Chemical Society. 57 (15): 9453–9467. doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01450. PMID 30040397.
  2. a b Domanov, V. P.; Lobanov, Yu. V. (October 2011). "Formation of volatile curium(VI) trioxide CmO3". Radiochemistry. SP MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica. 53 (5): 453–6. doi:10.1134/S1066362211050018.
  3. a b Schenkel, R (1977). "The electrical resistivity of 244Cm metal". Solid State Communications. 23 (6): 389. Bibcode:1977SSCom..23..389S. doi:10.1016/0038-1098(77)90239-3.