Transcript Californium
98
Ca
251
Californium
By: Carrington Austin
Properties and Uses
Properties
Californium’s melting
point is 900°C
Californium is silverywhite
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
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
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
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