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Discovery of curium

Discovery of curium
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Curium is a synthetic chemical element; it has symbol Cm and atomic number 96. This transuranic actinide element was named after eminent scientists Marie and Pierre Curie, both known for their research on radioactivity. Curium was first intentionally made by the team of Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A.

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Which happened first?

Timeline

  1. Discovery of astatine1940
  2. Discovery of neptunium1940
  3. Discovery of plutonium1941
  4. Discovery of americium1944
  5. Discovery of curium (this page)1944
  6. Discovery of promethium1945

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