(kāi) - Californium — a synthetic radioactive chemical element with

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Californium — a synthetic radioactive chemical element with symbol Cf and atomic number 98, produced in particle accelerators.

Californium — a synthetic radioactive chemical element with

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Synonyms

  • Simplified Chinese form of Californium

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • Californium is used in neutron sources (鐦中子源).
  • The element was discovered at the University of California (加州大学发现的元素).
  • Californium-252 is used in nuclear reactors (鐦-252用于核反应堆).
  • This laboratory synthesizes californium isotopes (合成鐦同位素).

Collocations

  • californium element(鐦元素)
  • californium isotope(鐦同位素)
  • californium-252(鐦-252)
  • californium neutron source(鐦中子源)
  • synthetic californium(合成鐦)
  • californium compound(鐦化合物)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Named after California where it was first synthesized at the University of California, Berkeley in 1950.
  • One of the transuranium elements created artificially in nuclear reactors or particle accelerators.
  • The character 鐦 was created specifically for this element name using the metal radical 金 with 开 as phonetic component.

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