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Curium: Characters, History & Applications

Curium is a synthetic chemical element; it has symbol Cm and atomic number 96. This transuranic actinide element was named after eminent scientists Marie and Pierre Curie, both known for their research on radioactivity. Curium was first intentionally made by the team of Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, and Albert Ghiorso in 1944, using the cyclotron at…

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Curium topic overview

The analysis highlights Characters, History and Applications as prominent areas in the source structure around Curium.

Related topics
194
Source areas
7
Connected nodes
205
Extracted relationships
228
Concept neighborhoods
43
Bridge connections
205

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Characteristics · 48 topics
Overview · 47 topics
Compounds and reactions · 31 topics
History · 24 topics
Applications · 18 topics
Synthesis · 18 topics
Safety · 8 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

242Cm
synth
243Cm
synth
244Cm
synth
245Cm
synth
246Cm
synth
247Cm
synth

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Characteristics

Synthesis

Compounds and reactions

Applications

Safety

Bibliography

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Curium connects Entity context

The extracted context around Curium shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Curium → Alan, Anorganischen Chemie, Arnold, Berlin, Butterworth-Heinemann, C2009-0-30414-6, California, Chemistry, Earnshaw, Edition, Elements, Greenwood, Gruyter, Holleman, ISBN, Keenan, Los Alamos, Nils Lehrbuch, Norman, Penneman Another extracted example is Curium → ABAC, At, Cm, Curie-Weiss, Fm3m, Gd, GdAs, GdN, GdP, GdSb, GPa, II, III, In, It, Its, Of, On, P63/mmc, The. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Curium

Top relations

related to Bibliography · 23
Curium → Alan, Anorganischen Chemie, Arnold, Berlin, Butterworth-Heinemann, C2009-0-30414-6, California, Chemistry, Earnshaw, Edition, Elements, Greenwood, Gruyter, Holleman, ISBN, Keenan, Los Alamos, Nils Lehrbuch, Norman, Penneman
related to Physical · 22
Curium → ABAC, At, Cm, Curie-Weiss, Fm3m, Gd, GdAs, GdN, GdP, GdSb, GPa, II, III, In, It, Its, Of, On, P63/mmc, The
related to Metal preparation · 15
Curium → Am, An, Bis-triazinyl, Both, III, Initially, IV, Metallic, Most, MOX, Plutonium, PUREX, Separation, The, URanium EXtraction
related to Organocurium compounds and biological aspects · 15
Curium → BTP, BTP-type, C3H7-BTP, C8H8, Cm, Cm3, Dissolved Cm3, EXAFS, Formation, Many, Molecular, Organometallic, Some, The, UV
related to Chemical · 14
Curium → AmO, Aqueous, Cm, Cm3, Cm4, CmF4, CmO2, Failure, III, In, IV, Lewis, The, VI
related to history · 13
Curium → Albert Ghiorso, Argonne National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, Chicago, Glenn, In, It, James, Metallurgical Laboratory, Ralph, Seaborg, University
related to Radionuclides · 12
Curium → As, Berkeley, Californium, Compared, Its, MeV, The, Therefore, This, Thus, USD/g, W/g
related to X-ray spectrometer · 11
Curium → An, APXS, Mars, Mars Exploration Rovers, Mars Science Laboratory, Philae, Sojourner, Surveyor, The, These, X-ray
related to Isotopes · 10
Curium → About, All, As, Californium, Curium-250, Hence, MOX, Other, The, These
related to Oxides · 9
Curium → Black CmO2, Cm, Cm2O3, CmO, CmO2, NO, Or, Pa, Upon

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

isotopes americium nuclear plutonium half-life element cm isotope neutron fuel also used compounds 242cm 247cm known iii due alpha 244cm

Curium relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 228 structured relationships around Curium. Examples in this analysis include Curium → 242Cm → synth and Curium → Appearance → silvery metallic, glows purple in the dark. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Curium242Cmsynth1.00infobox
Curium243Cmsynth1.00infobox
Curium244Cmsynth1.00infobox
Curium245Cmsynth1.00infobox
Curium246Cmsynth1.00infobox
Curium247Cmsynth1.00infobox
Curium248Cmsynth1.00infobox
Curium250Cmsynth1.00infobox
CuriumAppearancesilvery metallic, glows purple in the dark1.00infobox
Curiumat T (K)17881.00infobox
CuriumAtomic number (Z)961.00infobox
CuriumAtomic radiusempirical: 174 pm1.00infobox
CuriumBlockf-block1.00infobox
CuriumBoiling point3383 K ​(3110 °C, ​5630 °F)1.00infobox
CuriumCAS Number7440-51-91.00infobox
CuriumCovalent radius169±3 pm1.00infobox
CuriumCrystal structure​double hexagonal close-packed (dhcp)1.00infobox
CuriumDensity (near r.t.)13.51 g/cm31.00infobox
CuriumDiscoveryGlenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Albert Ghiorso (1944)1.00infobox
CuriumElectrical resistivity1.25 µΩ⋅m1.00infobox
CuriumElectron configuration[Rn] 5f7 6d1 7s21.00infobox
CuriumElectronegativityPauling scale: 1.31.00infobox
CuriumElectrons per shell2, 8, 18, 32, 25, 9, 21.00infobox
CuriumGroupf-block groups (no number)1.00infobox
CuriumHeat of fusion13.85 kJ/mol1.00infobox
CuriumIonization energies1st: 581 kJ/mol1.00infobox
CuriumMagnetic orderingantiferromagnetic-paramagnetic transition at 52 K1.00infobox
CuriumMain isotopes.mw-parser-output .isotopes-table{text-align:center;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .isotopes-table-headers>:not(:first-child){padding:0…1.00infobox
CuriumMelting point1613 K ​(1340 °C, ​2444 °F)1.00infobox
CuriumNamingnamed after Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Curium bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Isotopes, Nuclear and Iii. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Curium
    • Isotopes
    • Nuclear
    • Iii
    • Americium
    • Used
    • Compounds
    • Elements
    • Reactors
    • First
    • Also
    • Cm
    • Made
  • curium
    • Isotopes
    • Nuclear
    • Iii
    • Americium
    • Used
    • Compounds
    • Elements
    • Reactors
    • First
    • Also
    • Cm
    • Made
  • alpha particles
    • 244cm
    • Years
    • Isotopes
    • Decay
    • Neutron
    • Half-life
    • Isotope
    • 242cm
    • Used
    • Cm
    • Stable
    • Produced
  • nuclear reactors
    • Fuel
    • Used
    • Isotopes
    • Neutron
    • Reactors
    • Small
    • 245cm
    • One
    • Elements
    • Known
    • 247cm
    • 242cm
  • nuclear fuel
    • Fuel
    • Nuclear
    • Used
    • Isotopes
    • Neutron
    • Uranium
    • One
    • 248cm
    • Reactors
    • Small
    • 245cm
    • Plutonium
  • nuclear chain reaction
    • Fuel
    • Used
    • Isotopes
    • Reactors
    • Small
    • 245cm
    • One
    • Elements
    • Known
    • 247cm
    • 242cm
    • High
  • alpha particle x-ray spectrometers
    • 244cm
    • Years
    • Isotopes
    • Decay
    • Neutron
    • Half-life
    • Isotope
    • 242cm
    • Used
    • Cm
    • Stable
    • Produced
  • curium(iii) fluoride
    • Isotopes
    • Nuclear
    • Iii
    • Made
    • Americium
    • Known
    • Used
    • Compounds
    • Elements
    • Reactors
    • First
    • Also

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Curium, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Curium with Characteristics. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
CuriumCharacteristics · splits 157 ⟂ 49
CuriumOverview · splits 158 ⟂ 48
CuriumCompounds and reactions · splits 174 ⟂ 32
CuriumHistory · splits 181 ⟂ 25
CuriumSynthesis · splits 187 ⟂ 19
CuriumApplications · splits 187 ⟂ 19
CuriumSafety · splits 197 ⟂ 9
CuriumBibliography · splits 202 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Curium

Nodes206
Edges205
Triples228
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009709
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Curium to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Characters, History & Applications, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Curium · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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