Berkelium Properties

Description

Berkelium is a synthetic transuranium element. It is named after the city of Berkeley, California, the location of the University of California Radiation Laboratory where it was discovered in December 1949.Berkelium is a soft, silvery-white, radioactive actinide metal. In the periodic table, it is located to the right of the actinide curium, to the left of the actinide californium and below the lanthanide terbium with which it shares many similarities in physical and chemical properties.