Curium (Cm)
Curium (Cm) is element 96 of the periodic table, an actinide in period 7, in the f-block. It has no stable isotope and no standard atomic weight; 247 is the mass number of its longest-lived isotope. At room temperature it is a solid; it melts at 1344.85 °C and boils at 3126.85 °C.
| Atomic number | 96 |
|---|---|
| Symbol | Cm |
| Standard atomic weight | [247] (mass number of the longest-lived isotope) |
| Molar mass | [247] g/mol |
| Category | Actinide |
| Group | f-block (actinide series) |
| Period | 7 |
| Block | f-block |
| Electron configuration | [Rn] 7s2 5f7 6d1 |
| Oxidation states | +3 |
| Electronegativity (Pauling) | 1.3 |
| Atomic radius (van der Waals) | 245 pm |
| First ionisation energy | 6.02 eV (580.8 kJ/mol) |
| Electron affinity | — |
| State at room temperature | Solid |
| Melting point | 1618 K (1344.85 °C) |
| Boiling point | 3400 K (3126.85 °C) |
| Density | 13.51 g/cm³ |
| Discovered | 1944 |
Actinides
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