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2 definitions found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: curium n : a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei [syn: {Cm}, {atomic number 96}] From Elements database 20001107 [elements]: curium Symbol: Cm Atomic number: 96 Atomic weight: (247) Radioactive metallic transuranic element. Belongs to actinoid series. Nine known isotopes, Cm-247 has a half-life of 1.64*10^7 years. First identified by Glenn T. Seaborg and associates in 1944, first produced by L.B. Werner and I. Perlman in 1947 by bombarding americium-241 with {neutron}s. Named for Marie Curie.
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