page_title: Curium hydroxide
hierarchical_section_title: Curium hydroxide
caption_attribution_description: English: Curium hydroxide in bottom of microcentrifuge cone, fall 1947. (Magnified about 2-fold.) World's first isolated curium compound by L. B. Werner and I. Perlman at the University of California during the fall of 1947. Suomi: Curiumhydroksidia mikrosentrifugiputken kärjessä, syksy 1947. (Suurennettu noin 2-kertaiseksi.) Maailman ensimmäinen curiumyhdiste, jonka eristivät L. B. Werner ja I. Perlman Kalifornian Yliopistossa syksyllä 1947.
context_page_description: Curium hydroxide [Cm(OH)₃] is a radioactive compound first discovered in measurable quantities in 1947. It is composed of a single curium atom, and three hydroxide groups. It was the first curium compound ever isolated.
  Curium hydroxide is anhydrous colorless or light yellow amorphous gelatinous solid that is insoluble to water. Due to self-irradiation the crystal structure of ²⁴⁴Cm(OH)₃ decomposes within one day, while for americium hydroxide ²⁴¹Am(OH)₃ same process takes 4-6 months.
context_section_description: Curium hydroxide [Cm(OH)₃] is a radioactive compound first discovered in measurable quantities in 1947. It is composed of a single curium atom, and three hydroxide groups. It was the first curium compound ever isolated.
  Curium hydroxide is anhydrous colorless or light yellow amorphous gelatinous solid that is insoluble to water. Due to self-irradiation the crystal structure of ²⁴⁴Cm(OH)₃ decomposes within one day, while for americium hydroxide ²⁴¹Am(OH)₃ same process takes 4-6 months.
caption: Curium hydroxide in bottom of microcentrifuge cone, fall 1947
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