californium
IPA: kæɫʌfˈɔrnjʌm
noun
- A strongly radioactive and highly fissile transuranic chemical element (symbol Cf) with an atomic number of 98.
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Examples of "californium" in Sentences
- Only californium 249 is suitable for chemical study.
- Few californium compounds have been made and studied.
- Uncertain about californium, though, so that stays for now.
- Actinides beyond californium possess exceedingly short half lives.
- But the californium article tells that californium is a synthetic element.
- Once in the body, only 0.05% of the californium will reach the bloodstream.
- The first experiment with californium in concentrated form occurred in 1958.
- This category contains articles related to the chemical element Californium.
- Each microgram of fresh californium produces 170 million neutrons per minute.
- Out in the wild, that sentence would have a half life shorter than Californium.