Curium (Noun)
Meaning
A radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- Curium is a dense, silvery metal that glows in the dark due to its intense radioactivity.
- Scientists have synthesized curium in small quantities by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei in a particle accelerator.
- The element curium was first discovered in 1944 by a team of researchers at the University of California.
- Curium is a highly reactive metal that quickly tarnishes when exposed to air and moisture.
- The most stable isotope of curium has a half-life of about 18 billion years, which is unusually long for a synthetic element.