californium

californium
☆ californium [kal΄ə fôr′nē əm ]
n.
[ModL < CALIFORNIA + -IUM: so named (1950) by the discoverers, SEABORG Glenn T(heodore) and associates, at the University of California]
a radioactive, metallic chemical element, one of the actinides, produced by intense neutron bombardment of plutonium or curium: symbol, Cf; at. no., 98: an isotope (californium-252) with a half-life of 2.65 years is used as a neutron source in mining, medicine, etc.: see the periodic table of elements in the Reference Supplement

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  • CALIFORNIUM — Le californium, élément chimique artificiel de symbole Cf, a été synthétisé pour la première fois en 1950. Son numéro atomique 98 le situe dans la classification périodique parmi les éléments transuraniens, après le curium et le berkélium.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • californium — Symbol: Cf Atomic number: 98 Atomic weight: (249) Radioactive metallic transuranic element. Belongs to actinoid series. Cf 251 has a half life of about 700 years. Nine isotopes are known. Cf 252 is an intense neutron source, which makes it an… …   Elements of periodic system

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  • californium — /kal euh fawr nee euhm/, n. Chem. a transuranic element. Symbol: Cf; at. no.: 98. [1945 50; named after the University of CALIFORNIA where it was discovered; see IUM] * * * ▪ chemical element  (Cf),    synthetic chemical element of the actinoid… …   Universalium

  • Californium — kalifornis statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. californium vok. Californium, n; Kalifornium, n rus. калифорний, m pranc. californium, m …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

  • californium — kalifornis statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. californium vok. Californium, n; Kalifornium, n rus. калифорний, m pranc. californium, m …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

  • Californium — Ca|li|fọr|ni|um 〈n.; s; unz.; chem. 〉 künstlich hergestelltes radioaktives chem. Element; oV Kalifornium [nach Kalifornien, Bundesstaat der USA] * * * Ca|li|fọr|ni|um [nach dem amer. Bundesstaat California; ↑ ium (1)], das; s; Symbol: Cf: nur… …   Universal-Lexikon

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