Bk Berkelium     Atomic number : 97 
    Relative atomic mass (12C = 12.0000) :  247.0703 (Bk-247) 
    P H Y S I C A L     D A T A
Group 3 actinide
 
Density / kg m-3 :  14 790 [293 K]
 
Melting point / K :  1320 
 
Boiling point / K :  n.a.
 
    D I S C O V E R Y
Berkelium was first produced in 1949 by S.G. Thompson, A. Ghiorso, and G.T. Seaborg at Berkeley, California, USA.
 
    G E O L O G I C A L     D A T A
Abundances
 
Sun (relative to H = 1 × 1012) : n.a.
 
Earth's crust / p.p.m. : nil
 
  
 
Seawater / p.p.m. : nil
    B I O L O G I C A L     D A T A
Level in humans
 
nil
 
  
 
Daily dietary intake : nil
 
Total mass of element
in average (70 kg) person :
nil

 

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