caesium-137

Summary

caesium-137 is an isotope of caesium^[1]. caesium-137 draws 1,802 Wikipedia views per month (isotope_of_caesium category, ranking #1 of 2).^[2]

Key Facts

• caesium-137 is credited with the discovery of Margaret Melhase^[3].
• caesium-137 is credited with the discovery of Glenn T. Seaborg^[4].
• caesium-137's image is recorded as Cs-137 Pruefstrahler.JPG^[5].
• caesium-137's instance of is recorded as isotope of caesium^[6].
• caesium-137's GND ID is recorded as 4147153-2^[7].
• caesium-137's subclass of is recorded as caesium^[8].
• caesium-137's Commons category is recorded as Caesium-137^[9].
• caesium-137's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05_f2ww^[10].
• caesium-137's decays to is recorded as barium-137^[11].
• caesium-137's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+55'}^[12].
• caesium-137's spin quantum number is recorded as {'amount': '+3.5'}^[13].
• caesium-137's parity quantum number is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}^[14].
• caesium-137's neutron number is recorded as {'amount': '+82'}^[15].
• caesium-137's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/cesium-137^[16].
• caesium-137's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q483261', 'amount': '+136.907089464'}^[17].
• caesium-137's half-life is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1092296', 'amount': '+30.08'}^[18].
• caesium-137's binding energy is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28719934', 'amount': '+1149286.972'}^[19].
• caesium-137's mass excess is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28719934', 'amount': '-86545.606'}^[20].
• caesium-137's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00017404n^[21].
• caesium-137's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Isotope", "Cesium137"]^[22].
• caesium-137's Larousse ID is recorded as divers/césium_137/185626^[23].
• caesium-137's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 95435431^[24].
• caesium-137's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as physics-and-astronomy/cesium-137^[25].
• caesium-137's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/cesium-137^[26].
• caesium-137's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as medicine-and-dentistry/caesium-137^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Margaret Melhase^[3], a chemistry^[28], 1919–2006^[29], of United States^[30], specialised in nuclear chemistry^[31] and Glenn T. Seaborg^[4], a chemist^[32], 1912–1999^[33], of United States^[34], awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry^[35], specialised in nuclear chemistry^[36].

Why It Matters

caesium-137 draws 1,802 Wikipedia views per month (isotope_of_caesium category, ranking #1 of 2).^[2] caesium-137 has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] caesium-137 is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]