22541-42-0[Cm]NIWWFAAXEMMFMS-UHFFFAOYSA-NCurium atom is an actinoid atom and a f-block element atom.
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Most Important Radionuclide: Cu-244 Source: Nuclear reactors Half-Life: 18 years Effective Half-Life: 16.7 years Specific Activity: 82 Ci/g Decay Mode: Alpha GI Absorption: 0.05% Lung Clearance Half-Time: Weeks (10-100 days) for all compounds; Critical Organ: Liver Internal Toxicity: Very High Annual Limit on Intake: 0.000001 mCi Average Radiation Energy (MeV): Alpha 5.8; Beta 0.086; Gamma 0.0017; [Argonne] [See Glossary for references.] See Radiation, ionizing.
Cm-242 and Cm-244 are used to power batteries for space and medical devices; Cm-248 is used in research accelerators to produce other elements; [Merck Index #2675] Curium is produced from plutonium and americium by neutron capture in nuclear reactors. Six of the curium isotopes have half-lives longer than 20 years and are defined as transuranic wastes (TRU) produced in nuclear reactors. [Argonne]
OccurrenceThere is no natural curium on Earth. All of its isotopes are man-made and artificiallyproduced through nuclear reactions with other elements. The curium isotope Cm-242 wasfirst produced by bombarding plutonium-239 with helium nuclei (alpha particles), whichcontributed neutrons that changed 94Pu to 96Cm.
VerwendenThere are no major commercial uses for curium because of the extremely small amountproduced. In the future, the most important use of curium may be to provide the power forsmall, compact thermoelectric sources of electricity, by generating heat through the nucleardecay of radioisotope curium-241. These small, efficient power sources can be used in individualhomes or remote regions to provide electricity to areas that cannot secure it from othersources. It could also be used as a source of electricity in spacecraft. However, today curium’smain use is for basic scientific laboratory research.
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DefinitionA highly toxic radioactive silvery element of the actinoid series of metals. A transuranic element, it is not found naturally on Earth but is synthesized from plutonium. Curium-244 and curium-242 have been used in thermoelectric power generators.