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Meaning of "berkelium" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BERKELIUM

Named after Berkeley1, where it was discovered.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BERKELIUM

berkelium  [bɜːˈkiːlɪəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BERKELIUM

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Berkelium is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BERKELIUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Berkelium

Berkelium is a transuranic radioactive chemical element with the symbol Bk and atomic number 97, a member of the actinide and transuranium element series. 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. This was the fifth transuranium element discovered after neptunium, plutonium, curium and americium. The major isotope of berkelium, berkelium-249, is synthesized in minute quantities in dedicated high-flux nuclear reactors, mainly at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, USA, and at the Research Institute of Atomic Reactors in Dimitrovgrad, Russia. The production of the second-important isotope berkelium-247 involves the irradiation of the rare isotope curium-244 with high-energy alpha particles. Just over one gram of berkelium has been produced in the United States since 1967. There is no practical application of berkelium outside of scientific research which is mostly directed at the synthesis of heavier transuranic elements and transactinides.

Definition of berkelium in the English dictionary

The definition of berkelium in the dictionary is a metallic transuranic element produced by bombardment of americium. Symbol: Bk; atomic no: 97; half-life of most stable isotope, 247Bk: 1400 years; valency: 3 or 4; relative density: 14.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BERKELIUM


allium
ˈælɪəm
endothelium
ˌɛndəʊˈθiːlɪəm
epithelium
ˌɛpɪˈθiːlɪəm
gallium
ˈɡælɪəm
helium
ˈhiːlɪəm
linoleum
lɪˈnəʊlɪəm
mausoleum
ˌmɔːsəˈlɪəm
mesothelium
ˌmɛsəʊˈθiːlɪəm
mycelium
maɪˈsiːlɪəm
nebulium
nəbˈjuːlɪəm
nobelium
nəʊˈbiːlɪəm
peculium
pɪˈkjuːlɪəm
petroleum
pəˈtrəʊlɪəm
promycelium
ˌprəʊmaɪˈsiːlɪəm
Sealyham
ˈsiːlɪəm
simulium
sɪˈmjuːlɪəm
telium
ˈtiːlɪəm
tetrazolium
ˌtɛtrəˈzəʊlɪəm
thulium
ˈθjuːlɪəm
Valium
ˈvælɪəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BERKELIUM

beringed
Berio
Beriosova
berk
Berkeleian
Berkeleianism
Berkeley
Berkeley Castle
berko
Berks
Berkshire
berley
Berlichingen
berlin
Berlin Wall
berlin wool
berline

WORDS THAT END LIKE BERKELIUM

bdellium
beryllium
cilium
dentalium
dolium
folium
gnaphalium
ilium
magnalium
milium
pallium
penicillium
prothallium
psyllium
reptilium
scholium
taurobolium
thallium
trifolium
trillium

Synonyms and antonyms of berkelium in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «berkelium» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BERKELIUM

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Translator English - Spanish

berkelium
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berkelium
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Translator English - Hindi

berkelium
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Translator English - Arabic

البركيليوم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

беркелий
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Translator English - Portuguese

berkelium
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berkelium
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berkelium
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Berkelium
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berkelium
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Translator English - Japanese

バークリウム
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버클륨
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Berkelium
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berkelium
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Translator English - Tamil

பெர்கெலியம்
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Translator English - Marathi

बर्केलिअम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

berkelyum
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

berkelium
65 millions of speakers

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berkelium
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Translator English - Ukrainian

Беркелій
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Translator English - Romanian

berkeliu
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Translator English - Greek

berkelium
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berkelium
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Translator English - Swedish

berkelium
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berkelium
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Trends of use of berkelium

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BERKELIUM»

The term «berkelium» is regularly used and occupies the 76.449 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about berkelium

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BERKELIUM»

Discover the use of berkelium in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to berkelium and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Berkelium : An overview
At ambient conditions, berkelium assumes its most stable α form which has a hexagonal symmetry, space group P63/mmc, lattice parameters of 341 pm and 1107 pm. The crystal has a double-hexagonal close packing structure with the layer ...
Edited by Paul Muljadi
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Berkelium
Berkelium (/b r ki li m/ b r-kee-lee- m, less commonly / b rkli m/ burk-lee- m), is a synthetic element with the symbol Bk and atomic number 97, a member of the actinide and transuranium element series.
Jesse Russel, Ronald Cohn, 2013
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Nature's Building Blocks: An A-Z Guide to the Elements
It took a further 9 years before enough berkelium had been made to see with the naked eye and even this was only a few micrograms. The first chemical compound of berkelium, berkelium dioxide, was made in 1962. ECONOMIC ELEMENT ...
John Emsley, 2001
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ADVANCES IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Compounds A. General Summary The trivalent oxidation state of berkelium prevails in the known berkelium compounds, although the tetravalent state is exhibited in Bk02, BkF4, and Cs2BkCl¢,-. Selected crystallographic data for Bk metal and ...
Harry Julius Emeléus, A. G. Sharpe, 1984
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The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements ...
This has been utilized for an analytical determination of the parent berkelium. After an initial Bk/Cf separation, the ingrowth decay product is measured over time (Propst and Hyder, 1970) to determine the original berkelium amount. Methods ...
Lester R. Morss, Norman M. Edelstein, J. Fuger, 2010
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Handbook of Materials Science: General Properties
All barium compounds that are water or acid soluble are poisonous. Natural- occurring barium is a mixture of seven stable isotopes. Thirteen other radioactive isotopes are known to exist. Berkelium (Berkeley, home of Univ. of Calif.) ...
Charles T. Lynch, 1974
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Dictionary of Inorganic Compounds, Supplement 2
Bk. Berkelium. BkCl62e Hexachloroberkelale(/K)(2 - ), 1С- 100070 Hexaehloroberkelate(/K)(2-); Di-Cs salt, in 1С- 100070. Br. Bromine. AgBrOPb Lead silver bromide oxide (PbAgBrO), 1С- .... ( l/I,IV){2 — 478. Element. Index. Bk . Berkelium. -.
Jane E. Macintyre, 1994
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Isotopes of Berkelium: Berkelium-247, Berkelium-235, ...
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General Books LLC, LLC Books, 2010
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The Elements
A radioactive metallic element in the actinide se- ries, berkelium was first synthesizedbybombarding americium with alphapar- ticles (helium ions) and was named for the University of California at Berkeley. Berkelium was the fifth transuranic ...
Pedro Oliveira
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Chemical Elements
A radioactive metallic element in the actinide se- ries, berkelium was first synthesizedbybombarding americium with alphapar- ticles (helium ions) and was named for the University of California at Berkeley. Berkelium was the fifth transuranic ...
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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BERKELIUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term berkelium is used in the context of the following news items.
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Going Back to Californium: A Changing View of Covalency
... such as americium, curium, berkelium, and californium, and other elements to improve separating and recycling of used nuclear reactor fuel. «Newswise, Jun 15»
2
Understanding Periodic Table and How it Changes Experts …
It has properties included in the three components before it on the table — americium, curium and berkelium — furthermore the three ... «Empire State Tribune, Apr 15»
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New Discovery About Rare Element Californium
On the periodic table, californium is located after americium, curium and berkelium, and is followed by einsteinium, fermium and mendelevium. «Azom.com, Apr 15»
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Discovery changes how scientists examine rarest elements of …
It has properties included in the three elements before it on the table—americium, curium and berkelium—and also the three elements after ... «Phys.Org, Apr 15»
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Element 117 Knocking at the door
U.S.-based Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) created the isotope Berkelium and then a team at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion ... «New Europe, Apr 15»
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Where Does the Periodic Table End?
... the Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research in Germany bombarded a lump of 97-proton berkelium with a beam of 20-proton calcium ions. «Discover Magazine, Jan 15»
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Cutting edge chemistry in 2014
The work could have implications for the nuclear power industry, especially for separating americium, curium, berkelium and californium in ... «Royal Society of Chemistry, Dec 14»
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5 ways you can crush Stanford before the Big Game
Then, when your Stanford friends come to visit you for the Big Game, you can point to the element Berkelium and laugh wildly in their faces. «Daily Californian, Nov 14»
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California Golden Blogs College Football Top 25 Poll: Week 9
BTW Thank you Berkelium for voting for LSU and not UCLA, which allowed the Tigers to bump the Bruins out of the poll. I would've been ... «California Golden Blogs, Oct 14»
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Cal vs. Washington State: Pre Palouse Open Thread
... the Washington State defense · Pacific Takes compares the Air Raid and Bear Raid · Berkelium 97 previews WSU's Air Raid offense. «California Golden Blogs, Oct 14»

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