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Berkelium - Chemistry with Mr. Olson

I have 97 protons and 150 neutrons. With an atomic mass of 247.07. My half life is 1.4x10 3 years and 314 days. I also have a nuclide which is 247BK and 249BK




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Berkelium - Chemistry with Mr. Olson

Berkelium - Chemistry with Mr. Olson

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  • Fluorides
Berkelium - Chemistry with Mr. Olson
  • Chlorides
Berkelium - Chemistry with Mr. Olson
  • Bromides
Berkelium - Chemistry with Mr. Olson


My Story


I was named for the city of Berkeley, California. I was first produced by Stanley G. Thompson, Glenn T. Seaborg, Keneneth Street, Jr. and Albert Ghiroso that worked at the University of California in December , 1949. My creators used cyclotron bombardment of milligram amounts of americium with helium ions. The first visible amounts of myself was of berkelium compound, berkelium chloride in 1962.

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