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English Dictionary: Curium by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
curium
n
  1. a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei
    Synonym(s): curium, Cm, atomic number 96
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]:
   curium
   Symbol: Cm
   Atomic number: 96
   Atomic weight: (247)
   Radioactive metallic transuranic element. Belongs to actinoid series.
   Nine known isotopes, Cm-247 has a half-life of 1.64*10^7 years. First
   identified by Glenn T. Seaborg and associates in 1944, first produced by
   L.B. Werner and I. Perlman in 1947 by bombarding americium-241 with
   {neutron}s. Named for Marie Curie.
  
  
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