californium

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californium - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  californium
      n 1: a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding
           curium with alpha particles [syn: californium, Cf,
           atomic number 98]

californium - Elements (07Nov00) :

  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.