1 Facts
1.1 Interesting Facts
- Californium metal is very harmful and highly radioactive.
- Californium metal is the heaviest metal.
- Curium metal does not occur free in nature.
- Curium metal is a synthetically produced metal.
1.2 Sources
Made by Bombarding Curium with Helium Ions
Bombarding Plutonium with Helium Ions
1.3 History
1.3.1 Who Discovered
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Albert Ghiorso
1.3.2 Discovery
1.4 Abundance
1.4.1 Abundance In Universe
1.4.2 Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %~-9999 %
1E-08
0.1
1.4.3 Abundance In Meteorites
1.4.4 Abundance In Earth's Crust
1.4.5 Abundance In Oceans
1.4.6 Abundance In Humans