Curium
Radioactive metal, capitalized
Curium is a radioactive metallic element, atomic number 96, produced artificially by bombarding plutonium with helium ions.
Named after Marie and Pierre Curie, it belongs to the actinide series and has no commercial applications, though it has been used as a power source in space missions.
Symbol: Cm.
Heavy radioactive metal series
- transuranicHeavier than element 92
- radioactiveEmitting nuclear decay particles
- syntheticProduced artificially, not natural
- atomicOf elemental particles
periodic table · metal · isotope · neutron · proton · electron · nuclear · fissile
- Manhattan ProjectClandestine atomic weapons program
- cyclotronSpiral-path particle accelerator
- bombardmentSustained projectile assault
- plutonium-239Fissile actinide isotope
alpha particles · 1944 · Berkeley · identification · isolation · transmutation · Nobel Prize · nuclear chemistry
Robotic fourth-planet explorer
- space explorationInvestigating the cosmos beyond Earth
- heat sourceOrigin of thermal energy
- power generationProcess of creating electricity
- CuriosityMars surface laboratory
Perseverance · spacecraft · NASA · fuel · thermal · remote sensing
Radioactive alkaline earth metal
- poloniumElement number eighty-four
- Nobel laureateDistinguished achievement award recipient
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- tributeOffering of respect
naming tradition · commemorative · physicist · chemist · discoverer
actinide
Heavy radioactive metal series
- transuranicHeavier than element 92
- radioactiveEmitting nuclear decay particles
- syntheticProduced artificially, not natural
atomic · periodic table · metal · isotope · neutron · proton · electron · nuclear · fissile · decay
Glenn Seaborg
- Manhattan ProjectClandestine atomic weapons program
- cyclotronSpiral-path particle accelerator
- bombardmentSustained projectile assault
plutonium-239 · alpha particles · 1944 · Berkeley · identification · isolation · transmutation · Nobel Prize · nuclear chemistry · spectroscopy
Mars rover
Robotic fourth-planet explorer
- space explorationInvestigating the cosmos beyond Earth
- heat sourceOrigin of thermal energy
- power generationProcess of creating electricity
Curiosity · Perseverance · spacecraft · NASA · fuel · thermal · remote sensing
radium
Radioactive alkaline earth metal
- poloniumElement number eighty-four
- Nobel laureateDistinguished achievement award recipient
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
naming tradition · tribute · commemorative · physicist · chemist · discoverer