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californium

[ UK /kˌælɪfˈɔːni‍əm/ ]
NOUN
  1. a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles

How To Use californium In A Sentence

  • For example, researchers at the Berkeley laboratory first discovered elements 97 and 98 and then suggested naming them berkelium and californium in honor of Berkeley, California, where the research was done.
  • Don't expect much, after all these are the people behind elements like californium and einsteinium. Something Awful
  • The isotope californium - 252 has also found some use in determining the amount of moisture in soil, information that is very important to road builders and construction companies.
  • For example, researchers at the Berkeley laboratory first discovered elements 97 and 98 and then suggested naming them berkelium and californium in honor of Berkeley, California, where the research was done.
  • Following up on berkelium, dubnium and californium, researchers at the University of Berkely in California, stumbled upon am element with atomic number 117 about a year ago.
  • The two transuranium elements most recently discovered, berkelium and californium, correspond to terbium and dysprosium in the lanthanides. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1951 - Presentation Speech
  • You need some germanium crystals, a pinch of molybdenum, a teaspoon of californium ... and working with those short-lived superheavies is a royal pain, I'll tell you. A Corridor in the Asylum
  • Recurrence of the maxillary tumor was treated by 2 courses of radiotherapy, followed by californium 252 brachytherapy totaling 4000 rad.
  • The lifetimes of the first ‘transuranium ‘elements - such as plutonium, curium and californium - were very close to the values predicted by the liquid-drop model.’
  • Some of the elements, such as francium and californium, were named to honor the places where they were discovered. Elements
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