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Curium

96 Cm

Curium

Actinide period 7 f-block discovered: 1944

As a chemical element

Properties of the atom — they do not depend on what substance it is part of.

Atomic number
96
Atomic mass
247.07035 a.m.u.
Electron configuration
[Rn]7s2 5f7 6d1
Electronegativity
1.3 on the Pauling scale
Atomic radius
245 pm
Ionization energy
6.02 eV
Oxidation states
+3

As a simple substance

Properties of the substance these atoms form under ordinary conditions.

State at 25 °C
Solid
Melting point
1618 K (1 344,85 °C)
Boiling point
3400 K (3 126,85 °C)
Density
13.51 g/cm³