Curious about Curium? Apply for research assistant today! ­Kostal10 Lab Employee Evan M. Denenberg The Kostal10 Lab is looking for a research assistant for their studies on the element Curium. To help pump you up, here’s some information on what the lab knows and what topics they need more research on. Basic Information (Placement & Naming) Curium Symbol: Cm Number: 96 (Atomic Mass to be touched on later.) Group/Family: Actinide Known: Metal Solid at room temperature Melting points: ​
1345°C, 2453°F, 1618K Color: silver, glows red or purple in dark Uses: Provides power to electrical equipment used on space missions (ex: Curium­244 was used in the Alpha Proton X­ray Spectrometer (APXS) to gather information on chemical elements in rocks and soils on Mars). Also used in other scientific research. Physical Properties: hard, dense metal Chemical Properties: Radioactive, tarnishes slowly at room temperature in dry air, glows red in the dark Unknown: Atomic Mass: (247) –Curium’s atomic mass has not been studied enough to compose a true atomic mass number; therefore, the number in parentheses is an estimate of the most common isotope of Curium. Boiling point Original studies and current research methods: Year discovered: July 1944 First made by: Glenn Seaborg, Ralph James, and Albert Ghiorso Place discovered: Berkeley, California Origin of name: Named in honor of Pierre and Marie Curie Artificially produced by bombarding plutonium­239 with alpha particles. (Alpha particles: clump of two protons and two neutrons ejected by unstable nuclei during alpha decay). Alpha particles accelerated to high energy inside of a cyclotron and emerged at high speed to strike a platinum plate coated with plutonium nitr​
ate. Extra Discoveries: Why can’t you see a single atom of Curium? Because you can’t see ​
it​
; you can only C​
m​
. What do you call it when an element from the bottom of the periodic table is denied a part in a play? ​
Actinide! Works Cited "Curium ­ Element Information, Properties and Uses | Periodic Table." ​
Curium ­ Element Information, Properties and Uses | Periodic Table​
. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Jan. 2016. "Curium Element Facts." ​
Chemicool​
. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Jan. 2016. "The Element Curium." ​
It's Elemental ­​
. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Jan. 2016. Job responsibilities include: –Research Curium –Assist in researching Curium –Make discoveries about Curium –Assist in making discoveries about Curium –Document discoveries about Curium –Assist in documenting discoveries about Curium Job applications found in the stapled folder below.