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  1.                                  CALIFORNIUM
  2. Atomic symbol - Cf
  3. Atomic weight - (251.0796)
  4. Atomic number - 98
  5. Electron configuration - 2-8-18-32-28-8-2
  6. Oxidation states - +3
  7. State of matter - synthetic
  8. Heavy metal-ductile
  9. Discovered in 1950 by Stanley G. Thompson, Kenneth Street, Jr., Albert 
  10.                       Ghiorso, and Glenn T. Seaborg
  11. Boils at unknown, melts at unknown
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  13. Notes:
  14. Californium is a radioactive element.
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