californium

Noun

Meaning

a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

CF silicon krypton chromium palladium iridium thorium selenium xenon gallium niobium bismuth erbium cesium oxygen
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Hypernyms

metal metallic element

Related terms

California californian californite californate

Phrases with the word

californium series element californium oxyfluoride californium series californium oxide californium oxychloride californium trichloride

Examples

About 65% of that californium will be deposited in the skeleton, 25% in the liver, and the rest in other organs, or excreted, mainly in urine. Source: Internet

An article entitled "Facts and Fallacies of World War III" in the July 1961, edition of Popular Science magazine read "A californium atomic bomb need be no bigger than a pistol bullet. Source: Internet

Conf., Peaceful Uses Atomic Energy, Geneva, 1958 and the first californium compound (0.3 µg of CfOCl) was obtained only in 1960 by B. B. Cunningham and J. C. Wallmann. Source: Internet

For example, the nuclear fusion of californium -249 and carbon -12 creates rutherfordium -261. Source: Internet

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

However, when the research team synthesized element 98, they could not think of a good analogy for dysprosium, and instead named the element californium in honor of the state in which it was synthesized, California. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

californidine Californio californite californium oxide californium oxychloride californium oxyfluoride