Curium

=**CURIUM **= By: Claire  **Atomic Number:** 96

 Neutrons: ** 151
 * Protons:** 96
 * Electrons:** 96
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 * Average Atomic Mass: ** 247

Discovery: ** discovered by Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, and Albert Ghiorso at 1944 in the USA as a result of helium ion bombardment of the plutonium isotope 239Pu.
 * Isotopes: ** 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234,235,236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252 - the most stable isotope is curium 247.
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 * Name: **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">named after the scientists Pierre and Marie “Curie”

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">-source for the Alpha Proton X-Ray Spectrometer on the Mars Rover Interesting Facts **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">: -radioactive - found in small amounts -tarnishes slowly in dry air at room temperature -curium is not a synthetic element -there is a small health problem with odd number curium isotopes if in the mammal body
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Uses: -used as a thermoelectric power source **
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