Californium (Cf)
Californium (Cf) is element 98 of the periodic table, an actinide in period 7, in the f-block. It has no stable isotope and no standard atomic weight; 251 is the mass number of its longest-lived isotope. At room temperature it is a solid.
| Atomic number | 98 |
|---|---|
| Symbol | Cf |
| Standard atomic weight | [251] (mass number of the longest-lived isotope) |
| Molar mass | [251] g/mol |
| Category | Actinide |
| Group | f-block (actinide series) |
| Period | 7 |
| Block | f-block |
| Electron configuration | [Rn] 7s2 5f10 |
| Oxidation states | +3 |
| Electronegativity (Pauling) | 1.3 |
| Atomic radius (van der Waals) | 245 pm |
| First ionisation energy | 6.3 eV (607.9 kJ/mol) |
| Electron affinity | — |
| State at room temperature | Solid |
| Melting point | 1173 K (899.85 °C) |
| Boiling point | — |
| Density | — |
| Discovered | 1950 |
Actinides
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Atomic weight: IUPAC CIAAW — no standard atomic weight; mass number in brackets. Other properties: PubChem (U.S. National Library of Medicine, public domain). Values such as melting point and radius depend on how they were measured; check a data book for precise work.