Cf+-+Californium

media type="custom" key="3200756"Shelby Name:Californium Symbol:Cf Atomic Number:98 Atomic Mass:(251) Standard State:solid at 298 K Group name:Actinniod Period in Periodic Table:7(actinoid) Color:Unknown but most likely metallic and silvery Classification:Metallic The element that I got was Californium. There are a lot of interesting things about Californium. There are five most interesting things to me. Two of the things are, that it is radioactive and only avalible in very small amounts. It is the source of detection of gold and silver. It is also used to mositure gauges for the determanation of water and oil bearings in water wells. The last interesting fact ato me about my element is that Californium was discovered by Glenn T. Seaborg,and Stanley G. Thompson.