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- Name : Berkelium
- Symbol : Bk
- Atomic # : 97
- Atom weight: 247 (Most stable isotope)
- Melting P. :
- Boiling P. :
- Oxidation : +3, +4
- Pronounced : BURK-li-em
- From : Named for the city of discovery, Berkelery, California
- Identified : Stanley G. Thompson, Albert Ghilorso, and Glenn T. Seaborg in
- 1949
- Appearance : Radionactive synthetic metal
- Note : It has no practical applications
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- [Properties]
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- Berkelium has isotopes with atomic weights between 242 and 251.
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