Californium was obtained by Stanley G. Thompson, Kenneth Street, Albert Ghiorso and Glenn Seaborg in 1950 at Berkeley Laboratories. The nuclear reaction is: Curium 242 + Helium 4-------Californium 245 + neutron
Californium is a very rare and expensive man made metal. But because it is a strong radioactive element californium can be an environmental hazard in the case of an accident.
Californium is a man made element; usually found in nuclear physics/radiochemistry laboratories.
Yes, californium is a man-made element that does not exist naturally in the environment. It was first synthesized by scientists in the United States in 1950 through nuclear reactions involving curium. Californium is a radioactive element with various applications in research and industry.
The half lives of californium isotopes and isomers are between 45 microseconds to 900 years.
Californium is a man-made element that does not occur naturally. It was first synthesized in a laboratory in 1950 by bombarding curium with alpha particles. It is a radioactive element with various applications in nuclear reactors and neutron sources.
Some smoke detectors contain californium. It a radioactive neutron emitter and is a man made element.
Not californium, but neutrons emitted by californium.
All the isotopes of californium are radioactive, artificial and unstable.
Yes, californium is a pure chemical element, not a compound or mixture.
Californium is a radioactive metallic element with the atomic number 98. It is produced in nuclear reactors and has a silvery-white appearance. Californium is mainly used in neutron sources for scientific research and in industrial applications such as metal detectors.
Californium is radioactive and a strong neutrons emitter; californium can be lethal.
Californium has 98 protons.