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californiumSynthesized, radioactive, metallic element of the actinide series, atomic number 98, relative atomic mass 251. It is produced in very small quantities and used in nuclear reactors as a neutron source. The longest-lived isotope, Cf-251, has a half-life of 800 years. It is named after the state of California, where it was first synthesized in 1950 by US nuclear chemist Glenn Seaborg and his team at the University of California at Berkeley. |
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Using a particle accelerator machine, the researchers smashed together calcium (Ca) and californium (Cf) at extremely high speeds. Element 118--first reported in 1999 hut then retracted in 2001-reappeared when nuclear chemists pure reeled californium with 10 million trillion calcium ions (170: 260). A) It was made by combining one atom of calcium with an atom of californium. |
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