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Californium

98 Ca 251. Californium. By: Carrington Austin. Properties Californium’s melting point is 900 °C Californium is silvery- white Californium is a metal Californium is radioactive Other properties are yet to be discovered due to Californium being too small to observe others. Uses

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Californium

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  1. 98 Ca 251 Californium By: Carrington Austin

  2. Properties Californium’s melting point is 900°C Californium is silvery- white Californium is a metal Californium is radioactive Other properties are yet to be discovered due to Californium being too small to observe others. Uses Rocket fuel Cancer therapy Neutron moisture gauges Well-logging Neutron source Properties and Uses

  3. Facts About Californium • Californium may be the cause of stellar explosions, but has yet to be proven. • Discovered in 1950 by Thomson, Street, Jr., Ghiorso, and Seaborg, at the University of California giving Californium its name. • Releases 170 million neutrons a minute. • Discovered by bombarding ions (an atom or a group of atoms). • It’s artificially produced (man-made). • Was discovered at the University of California in 1950, giving it it’s name

  4. It’s atomic mass is251 It’s atomic number Is 9 8 By 4 men the University Of California Basic Facts Discovery It’s a metal By bombarding Ions CALIFORNIUM Rocket Fuel Radioactive Cancer therapy Silvery-white Uses Properties Well-logging Melts at 900°°c

  5. Sources • http://www.britannica.com/nobel/micro/98_61.html • http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/98.html • http://www.speclab.com/elements/californium.html • http://www.chemicalelements.com/index.html • http://chemistry.about.com/library/blper5.html

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