It is the element of atomic number 96, whose symbol is expressed with "Cm", its atomic mass being 247 u and actinides its chemical series. It is seen as a synthetic component and, therefore, it cannot be obtained in the common environment or environment, being produced only in an artificial way, where plutonium is used as the main component.
One of its most interesting characteristics is that it could be easily confused with any common dust, but the high radioactivity it presents gives it away. Metallic curium, on the other hand, has a silver tint that loses when it comes into contact with the outside and can be extracted from the trifloride of curium itself, in addition to being worked with barium vapor.
The term " curium " is taken as a determinant for the chemical element in honor of Marie and Pierre Curie, who discovered radio and all the benefits it would have for society if it were used regularly. The isotopes (atom belonging to the same chemical element as another, but having different mass) are not well known, but discovered to date, maintaining depict a mass of between 238-250; Among them, there is the 244Cm, which is of interest to researchers and metal exploiters for the industry, since it would suppose a continuous force of thermoelectric energy.
The first time it was synthesized, it was carried out at the University of California (Berkeley), during a series of experiments that were under the tutelage of Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James and Albert Ghiorso, who managed to compact it in 1944.
