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Californium is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Cf and atomic number 98. A radioactive transuranic element, californium has very few uses and was discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles (helium ions).
Notable characteristics
Weighable amounts of californium make it possible to determine some of its properties using macroscopic quantities.
252Cf (2.6 year half-life) is a very strong neutron emitter and is thus extremely radioactive and harmful (one microgram spontaneously emits 170 million neutrons per minute). The decay of 254Cf (55-day half-life) may have been detected through telescopes in supernovae remnants. 249Cf is formed from the beta decay of 249Bk and most other californium isotopes are made by subjecting berkelium to intense neutron radiation in a nuclear reactor.
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@gazgaz Yeah, it is, along with Einsteinium and Californium.
yurigeen (Yuri Geen) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:19:49 -0000
@gazgaz Yeah, it is, along with Einsteinium and Californium.
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