Where is berkelium found?

Answer 1

Berkelium is a synthetic element. It doesn't occur in nature because of its instability, so must be made in a laboratory.

Discovered by Stanley G. Thompson, Albert Ghiorso, Glenn T. Seaborg, Kenneth Street - in December 1949, at Berkeley Laboratory, University of California.

The nuclear reaction is:

24195Am + 42He → 24397Bk + 2 1n

Answer 2

Stanley G. Thompson, Albert Ghiorso, Glenn T. Seaborg, Kenneth Street - December 1949, Berkeley Laboratory, University of California.

Answer 3

Only in nuclear physics or radiochemistry laboratories.

Answer 4

Important deposits of beryllium minerals exist in United States, Kazakhstan, China.