Berkelium (Noun)
Meaning
A radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding americium with helium.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- Berkelium is a radioactive transuranic element that was first synthesized in 1949 by bombarding americium with helium ions.
- The discovery of berkelium was announced by a team of scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, who successfully created the element through a nuclear reaction.
- Berkelium is a highly radioactive element with a half-life of just 330 days, making it extremely difficult to study and handle.
- Due to its highly reactive nature, berkelium has no known practical applications, but it is of great interest to scientists studying the properties of transuranic elements.
- The most stable isotope of berkelium, berkelium-247, is used in research to study the properties of this unusual element.