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Radioactive

Bk

Berkelium

(247)

Actinide
Solid

Discovery

Seaborg, Glenn T. (1949)

Etymology

Anglo-Saxon via English

Meaning

Location discovered

Electron configuration

Electron configuration

Crystal structure

Crystal structure

Double hexagonal close-packed

Physical Properties

Phase

  (at 21 °C and 101.325 kPa)

Solid

Melting point

  (at 101.325 kPa)

986.0 °C

1259.15 K

Density

  (at 21 °C and 101.325 kPa)

14.78 g/cm3

Electronegativity

1.30