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Californium
By: Carrington Austin

2. Properties and Uses Properties Californium’s melting point is 900°C
Californium is silvery- white
Californium is a metal
Californium is radioactive
Other properties are yet to be discovered due to Californium being too small to observe others.
Uses
Rocket fuel
Cancer therapy
Neutron moisture gauges
Well-logging
Neutron source

3. Facts About Californium
Californium may be the cause of stellar explosions, but has yet to be proven.
Discovered in 1950 by Thomson, Street, Jr., Ghiorso, and Seaborg, at the University of California giving Californium its name.
Releases 170 million neutrons a minute.
Discovered by bombarding ions (an atom or a group of atoms).
It’s artificially produced (man-made).
Was discovered at the University of California in 1950, giving it it’s name

4. Basic Facts Discovery CALIFORNIUM Uses Properties It’s atomic mass
It’s atomic number
Is 9 8
By 4 men
the University
Of California
Basic Facts
Discovery
It’s a metal
By bombarding
Ions
CALIFORNIUM
Rocket Fuel
Radioactive
Cancer therapy
Silvery-white
Uses
Properties
Well-logging
Melts at
900°°c

5. Sources http://www.britannica.com/nobel/micro/98_61.html