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Ele096 - Curium - (Elements Series) Traditional Cache

Hidden : 6/15/2011
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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The Periodic Table of Elements - 96 - Curium

Curium is a synthetic chemical element with the symbol Cm and it has an atomic number of 96.  The atomic weight of Curium is 247. 

Things you might not know about Curium:

  1. The new element was named after Marie Curie and her husband Pierre Curie who are noted for discovering radium and for their work in radioactivity.
  2. The radiation from curium is so strong that the metal glows purple in the dark
  3. Curium is present in nature in certain areas used for atmospheric nuclear weapons tests, which were conducted between 1945 and 1980.

 

See GC2XAY2 - Hydrogen, for an explanation about this series of caches.

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