98
Cf
Californium
Actinide period 7 f-block discovered: 1950
As a chemical element
Properties of the atom — they do not depend on what substance it is part of.
- Atomic number
- 98
- Atomic mass
- 251.07959 a.m.u.
- Electron configuration
- [Rn]7s2 5f10
- Electronegativity
- 1.3 on the Pauling scale
- Atomic radius
- 245 pm
- Ionization energy
- 6.30 eV
- Oxidation states
- +3
As a simple substance
Properties of the substance these atoms form under ordinary conditions.
- State at 25 °C
- Solid
- Melting point
- 1173 K (899,85 °C)