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berkelium [Brit bəːˈkiːlɪəm, ˈbəːklɪəm, Am ˌbərˈkiliəm, ˈbərkliəm] N

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The berkelium-249 isotope emits low-energy electrons and thus is relatively safe to handle. en.wikipedia.org

Nuclear reactors produce mostly, among the berkelium isotopes, berkelium-249. en.wikipedia.org

In principle, berkelium-249 can sustain a nuclear chain reaction in a fast breeder reactor. en.wikipedia.org

The isotope which is the easiest to synthesize is berkelium-249. en.wikipedia.org

Difficulty in studying its properties is due to einsteinium-253's conversion to berkelium and then californium at a rate of about 3% per day. en.wikipedia.org

The production of the second-important isotope berkelium-247 involves the irradiation of the rare isotope curium-244 with high-energy alpha particles. en.wikipedia.org

He was part of the team that discovered elements 97 and 98 (berkelium and californium) in 1949 and 1950. en.wikipedia.org

The berkelium was subsequently cooled in 90 days and chemically purified in another 90 days. en.wikipedia.org

A similar behavior is observed for the lanthanide analogue of berkelium, terbium. en.wikipedia.org

This trivalent state is the most stable, especially in aqueous solutions, but tetravalent berkelium compounds are also known. en.wikipedia.org

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