Noun
a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles
Source: WordNetAbout 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