# Curium ## 🧊 Curium · 3D (three.js) <iframe src="https://wikitube-elements.netlify.app/?el=Cm&embed=1" width="100%" height="620" frameborder="0" style="border:0;border-radius:12px;overflow:hidden" allowfullscreen loading="lazy" title="The Elements 3D microsim - Curium"></iframe> *Curium in the live three.js Elements explorer — drag to orbit the atom, click any tile to compare, slide the temperature.* · [▶ open full](https://wikitube-elements.netlify.app/?el=Cm) <!-- ELEMENTS_MICROSIM:END --> !Curium plate.svg *Plate 96 of 118 - animated Bohr shells, stylized per Madelung filling; engraving style per house Arcanity kit.* ## Microsim To Do *Claimable rows, house pattern. Real Wikipedia articles only.* - Radioisotope thermoelectric generator - curium power for Voyager probes - [[Radioactive_decay|Alpha and gamma decay]] - curium's intense radiation output - Nuclear synthesis - creating curium from americium and plutonium - Space exploration - radioisotope power in interplanetary missions ## Links (Wikipedia order) <!-- injected from _registry/childlinks/Curium.json (2026-07-30T02:09:12Z) --> `20-złoty_note` · `67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko` · `AP1000` · `APR-1400` · `AVR_reactor` · `Actinide` · `Actinide_chemistry` · [[Actinium]] · `Activation_product` · `Adenosine_triphosphate` · `Advanced_boiling_water_reactor` · `Advanced_heavy-water_reactor` · `Aircraft_Nuclear_Propulsion` · `Albert_Ghiorso` · `Alkali_metal` · `Alkaline_earth_metal` · [[Alpha_decay]] · [[Alpha_particle]] · `Alpha_particle_X-ray_spectrometer` · [[Aluminium]] · `American_Chemical_Society` · [[Americium]] · `Ammonia` · `Ammonia_solution` · `Annealing_(materials_science)` · `Anti-nuclear_movement` · `Antiferromagnetism` · [[Antimony]] · `Aqueous_homogeneous_reactor` · `Archaea` · [[Argon]] · `Argonne_National_Laboratory` · [[Arsenic]] · [[Astatine]] · `Atomic_gardening` · `Atomic_nucleus` · `Atomic_number` · `Atomic_radius` · `Autoradiograph` · `BM-40A_reactor` · `BN-1200_reactor` · `BN-350_reactor` · `BN-600_reactor` · `BN-800_reactor` · `BREST_(reactor)` · `BTBP` · `BWRX-300` · `Bacteria` · [[Barium]] · `Barn_(unit)` · `Beloyarsk_Nuclear_Power_Station` · [[Berkelium]] · [[Beryllium]] · [[Beta_decay]] · `Beta_particle` · `Biological_half-life` · `Biosorption` · [[Bismuth]] · `Block_(periodic_table)` · `Blue_Ribbon_Commission_on_America's_Nuclear_Future` · [[Bohrium]] · [[Boiling_point]] · `Boiling_water_reactor` · `Bone_marrow` · `Bone_tumor` · [[Boron]] · `Boron_group` · `Brachytherapy` · `Breeder_reactor` · `Bremsstrahlung` · `Brennilis_Nuclear_Power_Plant` · [[Bromine]] · `Bronisława_Dłuska` · `Bubble_fusion` · `Burnup` · `CANDU_reactor` · `CAP1400` · 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`KN-3_reactor` · `KS_150` · `Kelvin` · `Kourion` · [[Krypton]] · `Lanthanide` · [[Lanthanum]] · `Lawrence_Berkeley_National_Laboratory` · [[Lawrencium]] · [[Lead]] · `Lead-cooled_fast_reactor` · `Les_Palmes_de_M._Schutz` · `Levitated_dipole` · `Light-water_reactor` · `Light_water_graphite_reactor` · `Liquid_fluoride_thorium_reactor` · `Liquid_metal_cooled_reactor` · `List_of_United_States_nuclear_weapons_tests` · `List_of_chemical_element_name_etymologies` · `List_of_data_references_for_chemical_elements` · `List_of_nuclear_weapons` · `List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests` · `List_of_states_with_nuclear_weapons` · `List_of_weapons_of_mass_destruction_treaties` · [[Lithium]] · `Liver` · `Liver_cancer` · [[Livermorium]] · `Loam` · `Long-lived_fission_product` · `Low-level_waste` · `Lucens_reactor` · `Lung` · [[Lutetium]] · `MKER` · `MOX_fuel` · `Madame_Curie_(film)` · [[Magnesium]] · `Magnesium_chloride` · `Magnesium_fluoride` · `Magnetic_confinement_fusion` · `Magnetism` · `Magnetized_target_fusion` · `Magnox` · [[Manganese]] · `Manhattan_Project` · `Maria_Curie-Skłodowska_University` · `Maria_Skłodowska-Curie_Bridge,_Warsaw` · `Maria_Skłodowska-Curie_Medal` · `Maria_Skłodowska-Curie_Medallion` · `Maria_Skłodowska-Curie_Museum` · `Maria_Skłodowska-Curie_National_Research_Institute_of_Oncology` · `Maria_Skłodowska-Curie_Park` · `Maria_reactor` · `Marie_Curie` · `Marie_Curie,_une_femme_sur_le_front` · `Marie_Curie:_The_Courage_of_Knowledge` · `Marie_Curie_Gargoyle` · `Marie_Skłodowska-Curie_Actions` · [[Mars]] · `Mars_96` · `Mars_Exploration_Rover` · `Mars_Pathfinder` · `Mars_Science_Laboratory` · `Mars_rover` · `Mass_number` · `Mean-field_theory` · `Medical_imaging` · [[Meitnerium]] · `Melting_point` · `Memorial` · [[Mendelevium]] · [[Mercury_(element)]] · `Metal` · `Metallurgical_Laboratory` · `Methylotroph` · `Microorganism` · `Migma` · `Minor_actinide` · `Molecular_orbital_theory` · `Molten-Salt_Reactor_Experiment` · [[Molybdenum]] · [[Moscovium]] · `Multi-mission_radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator` · `Muon-catalyzed_fusion` · `Museum` · `Musée_Curie` · `Natural_abundance` · `Natural_nuclear_fission_reactor` · [[Neodymium]] · [[Neon]] · [[Neptunium]] · [[Neutron]] · `Neutron_activation` · `Neutron_capture` · `Neutron_capture_therapy_of_cancer` · `Neutron_cross_section` · `Neutron_generator` · `Neutron_moderator` · `Neutron_poison` · `Neutron_radiation` · `Neutron_reflector` · `Neutron_temperature` · [[Nickel]] · [[Nihonium]] · [[Niobium]] · `Nitric_acid` · [[Nitrogen]] · [[Nobelium]] · [[Noble_gas]] · `Norman_Greenwood` · `Nuclear-weapon-free_zone` · `Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents_and_incidents` · `Nuclear_arms_race` · `Nuclear_chain_reaction` · `Nuclear_chemistry` · `Nuclear_decommissioning` · `Nuclear_disarmament` · `Nuclear_energy_policy` · [[Nuclear_engineering]] · `Nuclear_ethics` · `Nuclear_explosion` · `Nuclear_fission` · `Nuclear_fission_product` · [[Nuclear_fuel]] · `Nuclear_fuel_cycle` · [[Nuclear_fusion]] · 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`UHTREX` · `UNGG_reactor` · `Underground_nuclear_weapons_testing` · `Unit_cell` · `United_States` · `United_States_dollar` · `University_of_California,_Berkeley` · `University_of_Chicago` · [[Uranium]] · `Uranium_mining_debate` · `Uranocene` · `Urea` · `VM_reactor` · `VT-1_reactor` · `VVER` · `Valence_(chemistry)` · [[Vanadium]] · `Vapor_pressure` · `WR-1` · [[Wayback_Machine]] · `Wigner_effect` · `World_War_II` · `Władysław_Skłodowski` · [[Xenon]] · `Young_Einstein` · [[Ytterbium]] · [[Yttrium]] · `Z-pinch` · [[Zinc]] · [[Zirconium]] · `Ève_Curie` > **Official MAIN - Chemical element, Z = 96.** Part of the Elements Canon (one canonical page per element). Infobox grounded in [Wikipedia: List of chemical elements](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chemical_elements), fetched 2026-07-08. Full article: [Wikipedia: Curium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curium). <!-- ELEMENTS_MICROSIM:BEGIN (auto-managed block - edits inside will be overwritten) --> ## Key facts (infobox) | | | |---|---| | Symbol - Z | Cm - 96 | | Group - Period - Block | f - 7 - f-block | | Atomic weight (Da) | [247] | | Density (g/cm3) | 13.51 | | Melting - Boiling (K) | 1613 - 3383 | | Electronegativity (Pauling) | 1.28 | | Crustal abundance (mg/kg) | - | | Origin | synthetic | | Phase (STP) | solid | | Name origin | Pierre and Marie Curie | *Bracketed weights are the mass number of the most stable isotope; values in parentheses are predictions (per the source table).* ## Story Curium was synthesized in 1944 by Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, and Albert Ghiorso at the University of Chicago, also as part of the Manhattan Project. It was named in honor of Pierre and Marie Curie, the discoverers of polonium and radium and pioneers of radioactivity. Curium-247, the longest-lived isotope, has a half-life of 15.6 million years. [model-prior - verify] Curium is produced by bombarding americium or plutonium with neutrons or alpha particles. Curium is a silvery, radioactive, and toxic actinide metal. It is intensely radioactive and emits both alpha and gamma radiation. Because of its extreme hazard and rarity, curium has very limited practical applications, primarily in space exploration (radioisotope thermoelectric generators on deep-space probes) and specialized research. Most of the world's curium is produced in government or commercial nuclear research reactors. In the canon, curium honors the Curie legacy by carrying their names beyond polonium and radium into the synthetic transuranium realm, extending their scientific influence into the space age. ## Corpus connections Curium extends the Curie legacy into the transuranium age. It is used in radioisotope power sources for deep-space missions, making it a key element in human space exploration. - R.E.A.C.T.I.O.N. - the Chemistry hub - Centers of Excellence Portal - [[Technetium|Technetium - the element made before found]] - the canon's patron - and Technitium, the School - [Radioisotope thermoelectric generator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator) - curium power sources in deep-space probes - [Pierre and Marie Curie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie) - radioactivity pioneers honored in curium's name ## Vocational-Technical Semiotics The element speaks the canon's shared signs: the periodic table cell (Cm, group f, period 7), isotope notation, and hazard pictograms ghs where handling demands it. ## Sources Infobox: [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chemical_elements](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chemical_elements) (fetched 2026-07-08); etymology per the same table's notes. Story sources to be added at enrichment. ## Navigation - Canon: Elements Canon index - neighbors by Z: [[Americium|Americium (95)]] - [[Berkelium|Berkelium (97)]] - R.E.A.C.T.I.O.N. - Centers of Excellence ## Wikipedia : Wikitube **Strict pair:** [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curium) : [Wikitube](https://en.wikitube.io/wiki/Curium) ## Previous hub tags Tree parents: [[Helium]] · [[Hydrogen]] · [[Oxygen]]. Legacy hubs: none. --- *Sources: 1 legacy note. Minted wave 1, 2026-07-30 (v1.6 order).*