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Curium

United States · Science / Chemistry. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1944–1945Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1944

Ralph A. James1944

Berkeley · Science / Chemistry

Participates in the discovery of curium.

Glenn T. Seaborg1944

Berkeley · Science / Chemistry

Helps discover curium, later named for Pierre and Marie Curie.

1945

Albert Ghiorso1945

Berkeley · Science / Chemistry

Helps identify curium among transuranium elements.

Names involved

Albert GhiorsoGlenn T. SeaborgRalph A. James

Provenance

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