The transplutonium actinides are highly radioactive and rare, making them difficult to study. To examine their chemical ...

Curium is made by bombarding plutonium with helium ions and makes this list because its compounds glow in the dark. Don’t use them as a nightlight though: they glow like this because curium is ...

Crystallographic and spectroscopic evidence now show that americium and curium yield a variety of polyoxometalate compounds that their lanthanide counterparts are unable to form. Disclaimer ...