californium

Summary

californium is a chemical element^[1]. californium draws 3,844 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #81 of 144).^[2]

Key Facts

• californium is credited with the discovery of Stanley Gerald Thompson^[3].
• californium is credited with the discovery of Kenneth Street Jr.^[4].
• californium is credited with the discovery of Albert Ghiorso^[5].
• californium is credited with the discovery of Glenn T. Seaborg^[6].
• californium's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[7].
• californium's instance of is recorded as synthetic element^[8].
• California is named after californium^[9].
• californium's location of discovery is recorded as University of California, Berkeley^[10].
• californium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Cf]^[11].
• californium's element symbol is recorded as Cf^[12].
• californium's chemical formula is recorded as Cf^[13].
• californium is part of period 7^[14].
• californium is part of actinide^[15].
• californium's Commons category is recorded as Californium^[16].
• californium's Unicode character is recorded as 鉲^[17].
• californium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as January 1, 1950^[18].
• californium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Californium^[19].
• californium's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+98'}^[20].
• californium's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.3'}^[21].
• californium's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5^[22].
• californium's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox californium^[23].
• californium's density is recorded as {'unit': 'Q13147228', 'amount': '+15.1'}^[24].
• californium's melting point is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11579', 'amount': '+1173'}^[25].
• californium's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[26].
• californium's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Elements^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element^[7] and synthetic element^[8].

Origins

California is named after californium^[9].

Use and Application

Part of include period 7^[14], a period^[28] and actinide^[15], a chemical series^[29].

Why It Matters

californium draws 3,844 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #81 of 144).^[2] californium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] californium is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]