curium

chemical element with symbol Cm and atomic number 96
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curium

Summary

curium is a chemical element[1]. curium draws 2,134 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #88 of 144).[2]

Key Facts

  • curium is credited with the discovery of Glenn T. Seaborg[3].
  • curium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[4].
  • curium's instance of is recorded as synthetic element[5].
  • Marie Curie is named after curium[6].
  • Pierre Curie is named after curium[7].
  • curium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Cm][8].
  • curium's element symbol is recorded as Cm[9].
  • curium's chemical formula is recorded as Cm[10].
  • curium is a type of actinide[11].
  • curium is part of period 7[12].
  • curium is part of actinide[13].
  • curium's Commons category is recorded as Curium[14].
  • curium's Unicode character is recorded as 鋦[15].
  • curium's crystal system is recorded as hexagonal crystal system[16].
  • curium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as January 1, 1944[17].
  • curium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Curium[18].
  • curium's Commons gallery is recorded as Curium[19].
  • curium's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+96'}[20].
  • curium's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.28'}[21].
  • curium's described by source is recorded as The Catholic Encyclopedia[22].
  • curium's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[23].
  • curium's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox curium[24].
  • curium's different from is recorded as Kiur[25].
  • curium's density is recorded as {'amount': '+13510.0'}[26].
  • curium's mass is recorded as {'amount': '+247.07'}[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element[4] and synthetic element[5]. curium is a type of actinide[11].

Origins

Things named after include Marie Curie[6], a physicist[28], 1867–1934[29], of Second Polish Republic[30], awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry[31], specialised in radioactivity[32] and Pierre Curie[7], a physicist[33], 1859–1906[34], of France[35], awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics[36], specialised in physics[37].

Use and Application

Part of include period 7[12], a period[38] and actinide[13], a chemical series[39].

Why It Matters

curium draws 2,134 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #88 of 144).[2] curium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] curium is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1h ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of actinide
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  2. 2d ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Babelnet id 00006927n
    Interlingual index id i113925
    Density {'amount': '+13510.0'}
    Thermal conductivity {'amount': '+10.0'}
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||4 */ added/modified IDs mapped to WordNet 3.1"
  3. 12d ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Melting point {'amount': '+1619.0'}
    Boiling point {'amount': '+3383.0'}
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P2101]]: 1,619.0 kelvin, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269026|batch #269026]]"
  4. 7w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after Marie Curie, Pierre Curie
    Part of period 7, actinide
    Ionic radius {'amount': '+0.97'}, {'amount': '+0.85'}, {'amount': '+0.95'}
    Discoverer or inventor Glenn T. Seaborg
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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