ALL meanings of berkelium
ber·ke·li·um
B b - noun berkelium a metallic transuranic element produced by bombardment of americium. Symbol: Bk; atomic no: 97; half-life of most stable isotope, 247Bk: 1400 years; valency: 3 or 4; relative density: 14 (est) 3
- noun berkelium a radioactive, metallic chemical element, one of the actinides, initially produced by bombarding americium with high-energy alpha particles in a cyclotron, and now prepared by intense neutron bombardment of plutonium: symbol, Bk; at. no., 97 3
- noun berkelium a transuranic element. Symbol: Bk; atomic number: 97; atomic weight: 249 (?). 1
- noun berkelium A transuranic chemical element (symbol Bk) with an atomic number of 97. 0