The first nuclear reactions used to obtain berkelium-249 were:
Pu-239(4n, gamma)Pu-243--------beta-------Am-243(n, gamma)Am-244-----beta-----Cm-244(5n, gamma)
Cm-249--------beta----------Bk-249
Berkelium is a unique chemical element.
The hardness of berkelium, a synthetic element, has not been specifically measured. However, as a general trend for actinide elements, berkelium is expected to be relatively soft, like most metals in the actinide series.
Berkelium was a step on the way to discover new artificial elements.
1. Berkelium can be melted; also berkelium has a melting point. 2. Berkelium can react with the majority of other chemical elements.
Berkelium is in the period 7 of the Mendeleev table of chemical elements and in the group of actinides.
Berkelium has only scientific applications - it is a raw material for the preparation of heavier artificial elements.
Berkelium is a member of the actinides group; probably similar to curium, americium, californium.
Berkelium has only scientific applications - it is a raw material for the preparation of heavier artificial elements.
Berkelium has only scientific applications - it is a raw material for the preparation of heavier artificial elements.
Berkelium has the electronegativity 1,3 in the L. Pauling scale; it is sufficiently reactive to react with the majority of other elements but the chemistry of Bk is not so studied because Bk is very rare. Compounds with oxygen, halogens, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulfur, arsenic, phosphorous, etc. are now known.
Berkelium and uranium are both actinide elements located in the actinide series of the periodic table. They are both radioactive and have similar chemical properties due to their position in the periodic table. Both elements are also used in nuclear reactors for various purposes.
Berkelium is made up of Chemicals like acid, chlorine, and diamond.