Bk

Berkelium

Z 97 247.0 g/molActinide Radioactive

Overview Atomic Properties Thermodynamics Electromagnetism Isotopes

Group

3

Period

7

Block

f

Occurrence

Synthetic

Biological Role

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History

1949 (discovery)

Stanley Gerald Thompson, Albert Ghiorso, Glenn T. Seaborg

Named By

Glenn T. Seaborg

Latin Name

Berkelium

Abundance

Solar System

x

Sun

x

Meteorites

x

Earth's crust

x

Oceans

x

Humans

x