Californium
Elijah Salas, Block One
INTRODUCTION
~Symbol: Cf
~Boiling point: 2,682°F (1,472°C)
~Melting point: 1,650°F (898.8°C)
~Atomic number: 98
~Atomic mass: 251
~Discovered by: Glenn Seaborg, Albert Ghiorso, Kenneth Street, Jr., and Stanley G. Thompson
~When it was discovered: 1950
~Fun fact: all isotopes of californium are radioactive
NASA finds Cf in space
Californium-254 in a supernovae
Californium Model
model of Cf depicting how many valence shells and electrons that it has
Californium facilities
there are whole facilities designated to making Cf; University of Texas is one of these places