berkelium

Noun

Meaning

a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding americium with helium

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

bk atomic number 97 silicon krypton chromium iridium palladium thorium selenium radium xenon niobium bismuth erbium cesium
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Hypernyms

metal metallic element

Related terms

Berkeley berkelate

Phrases with the word

berkelium series element berkelium series berkelium chloride berkelium dioxide berkelium fluoride berkelium oxychloride

Examples

Difficulty in studying its properties is due to einsteinium-253's conversion to berkelium and then californium at a rate of about 3% per day. Source: Internet

For reasons of military secrecy, this result was published only in 1956. citation Nuclear reactors produce mostly, among the berkelium isotopes, berkelium-249. Source: Internet

Fourteen isotopes of berkelium were identified with mass numbers 238–252. Source: Internet

From there, about 65% goes to the bones, where it remains for about 50 years, 25% to the lungs (biological half-life about 20 years), 0.035% to the testicles or 0.01% to the ovaries where berkelium stays indefinitely. Source: Internet

It can be prepared by introducing hydrogen chloride vapors into an evacuated quartz tube containing berkelium oxide at a temperature about 500 °C. Source: Internet

Just over one gram of berkelium has been produced in the United States since 1967. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Berkeleyan Berkeleyanism Berkeleyism berkelium chloride berkelium dioxide berkelium fluoride