Californium (Cf)
A fascinating actinide element.
Californium is element 98 on the periodic table.
Element properties
- Atomic number
- 98
- Symbol
- Cf
- Atomic mass
- 251 u
- Category
- Actinide
- Period
- 7
- Group
- Not assigned
- Block
- f
- State
- Solid
- Electron configuration
- [Rn] 5f10 7s2
- Electronegativity (Pauling)
- 1.3
- Density
- 15.1 g/cm³
- Melting point
- 900 °C
- Boiling point
- 1470 °C