[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

californium
     n : a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding
         curium with alpha particles syn: cf, atomic number 98
see also:
cf atomic number 98 

[2] : Elements database 20001107

californium
symbol: cf
atomic number: 98
atomic weight: 249
radioactive metallic transuranic element. belongs to actinoid series.
cf-251 has a half life of about 700 years. nine isotopes are known.
cf-252 is an intense neutron source, which makes it an intense
neutron source and gives it a use in neutron activation analysis
and a possible use as a radiation source in medicine. first produced
by glenn t. seaborg and associates in 1950.


see also:
neutron 

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