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What is Californium?



Periodic Table
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Symbol
Cf 0

Group Number
Not Available 0

Period Number
7 1

Block
f block 0

Element Family
Actinide 0

CAS Number
7440713 20

Space Group Name
P63/mmc 0

Space Group Number
194.00 5

Facts
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Interesting Facts
  • Californium metal is very harmful and highly radioactive.
  • Californium metal is the heaviest metal.
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Sources
Made by Bombarding Curium with Helium Ions 0

History
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Who Discovered
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 0

Discovery
In 1950 0

Abundance
0

Abundance In Universe
Not Available 0

Abundance In Sun
~-9999 % 0

Abundance In Meteorites
Not Available 0

Abundance In Earth's Crust
Not Available 0

Abundance In Oceans
Not Available 0

Abundance In Humans
Not Available 0

Uses
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Uses & Benefits
  • Californium metal has a very strong neutron emitter. It is used as a metal detector.
  • It also used as an identifier to check Water and oil layers in oil wells.
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Industrial Uses
Chemical Industry 0

Medical Uses
NA 0

Other Uses
Alloys, Nuclear Research 0

Biological Properties
0

Toxicity
Toxic 0

Present in Human Body
No 0

In Blood
0.00 Blood/mg dm-3 37

In Bone
0.00 p.p.m. 36

Physical
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Melting Point
900.00 °C 50

Boiling Point
1,470.00 °C 59

Appearance
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Physical State
Solid 0

Color
Silver 0

Luster
NA 0

Hardness
0

Mohs Hardness
3.00 12

Brinell Hardness
Not Available 0

Vickers Hardness
Not Available 0

Speed of Sound
Not Available 0

Optical Properties
0

Refractive Index
Not Available 0

Reflectivity
Not Available 0

Allotropes
No 0

α Allotropes
Not Available 0

β Allotropes
Not Available 0

γ Allotropes
Not Available 0

Chemical
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Chemical Formula
Cf 0

Isotopes
0

Known Isotopes
20 19

Electronegativity
0

Pauling Electronegativity
1.30 32

Sanderson Electronegativity
Not Available 0

Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.20 27

Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
Not Available 0

Allen Electronegativity
Not Available 0

Electropositivity
0

Pauling Electropositivity
2.70 22

Ionization Energies
0

1st Energy Level
608.00 kJ/mol 49

2nd Energy Level
1,206.00 kJ/mol 60

3rd Energy Level
2,267.00 kJ/mol 58

4th Energy Level
3,599.00 kJ/mol 52

5th Energy Level
Not Available 0

6th Energy Level
Not Available 0

7th Energy level
Not Available 0

8th Energy Level
Not Available 0

9th Energy Level
Not Available 0

10th Energy Level
Not Available 0

11th Energy Level
Not Available 0

12th Energy Level
Not Available 0

13th Energy Level
Not Available 0

14th Energy Level
Not Available 0

15th Energy Level
Not Available 0

16th Energy Level
Not Available 0

17th Energy Level
Not Available 0

18th Energy Level
Not Available 0

19th Energy Level
Not Available 0

20th Energy Level
Not Available 0

21st Energy Level
Not Available 0

22nd Energy Level
Not Available 0

23rd Energy Level
Not Available 0

24th Energy Level
Not Available 0

25th Energy Level
Not Available 0

26th Energy Level
Not Available 0

27th Energy Level
Not Available 0

28th Energy Level
Not Available 0

29th Energy Level
Not Available 0

30th Energy Level
Not Available 0

Electrochemical Equivalent
3.12 g/amp-hr 15

Electron Work Function
Not Available 0

Other Chemical Properties
Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity, Solubility 0

Atomic
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Atomic Number
98 20

Electron Configuration
[Rn] 5f10 7s2 0

Crystal Structure
Double Hexagonal Close Packed (DHCP) 0

Crystal Lattice
DHCP-Crystal-Structure-of-Californium.jpg#100 0

Atom
0

Number of Protons
98 20

Number of Neutrons
153 9

Number of Electrons
98 20

Radius of an Atom
0

Atomic Radius
186.00 pm 9

Covalent Radius
Not Available 0

Van der Waals Radius
Not Available 0

Atomic Weight
251.00 amu 17

Atomic Volume
Not Available 0

Adjacent Atomic Numbers
0

Previous Element
86 0

Next Element
52 0

Valence Electron Potential
44.50 (-eV) 38

Lattice Constant
338.00 pm 47

Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3 0

Lattice C/A Ratio
Not Available 0

Mechanical
0

Density
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Density At Room Temperature
15.10 g/cm3 21

Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
Not Available 0

Tensile Strength
Not Available 0

Viscosity
Not Available 0

Vapor Pressure
0

Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
Not Available 0

Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
Not Available 0

Elasticity properties
0

Shear Modulus
Not Available 0

Bulk Modulus
Not Available 0

Young's Modulus
Not Available 0

Poisson Ratio
Not Available 0

Other Mechanical Properties
Malleable, Sectile 0

Magnetic
0

Magnetic Characteristics
0

Specific Gravity
15.10 13

Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic 0

Permeability
Not Available 0

Susceptibility
Not Available 0

Electrical Properties
0

Electrical Property
Unknown 0

Resistivity
Not Available 0

Electrical Conductivity
Not Available 0

Electron Affinity
Not Available 0

Thermal
0

Specific Heat
Not Available 0

Molar Heat Capacity
Not Available 0

Thermal Conductivity
Not Available 0

Critical Temperature
Not Available 0

Thermal Expansion
Not Available 0

Enthalpy
0

Enthalpy of Vaporization
Not Available 0

Enthalpy of Fusion
Not Available 0

Enthalpy of Atomization
Not Available 0

Standard Molar Entropy
Not Available 0

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