Template:Infobox berkelium

	child table, as reused in {IB-Bk} v; e; h;
Main isotopes of berkelium
α	241Am
α	242Am
α	245Am
SF	–

Berkelium, ₉₇Bk
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Berkelium
Pronunciation	/bərˈkiːliəm/ Template:Error-small; (bər-KEE-lee-əm); /ˈbɜːrkliəm/ Template:Error-small; (BUR-klee-əm);
Appearance	silvery
Mass number	[247]
Berkelium in the periodic table
Atomic number (Z)	97
Group	f-block groups (no number)
Period	period 7
Block	f-block
Electron configuration	[Rn] 5f9 7s2
Electrons per shell	2, 8, 18, 32, 27, 8, 2
Physical properties
Phase at STP	solid
Melting point	beta: 1259 K (986 °C, 1807 °F)
Boiling point	beta: 2900 K (2627 °C, 4760 °F)
Density (near r.t.)	alpha: 14.78 g/cm3 ; beta: 13.25 g/cm3
Heat of fusion	7.92 kJ/mol (calculated)
Atomic properties
Oxidation states	common: +3; +2,? +4, +5
Electronegativity	Pauling scale: 1.3
Ionization energies	1st: 601 kJ/mol ; ;
Atomic radius	empirical: 170 pm
	Color lines in a spectral rangeSpectral lines of berkelium
Other properties
Natural occurrence	synthetic
Crystal structure	double hexagonal close-packed (dhcp) Double hexagonal close packed crystal structure for berkelium
Thermal conductivity	10 W/(m⋅K)
Magnetic ordering	paramagnetic
CAS Number	7440-40-6
History
Naming	after Berkeley, California, where it was discovered
Discovery	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (1949)
Isotopes of berkelium v; e;
α	241Am
α	242Am
α	245Am
SF	–
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Bk · Berkelium
Cm ← ibox Cm	^iso ₉₇Bk [e] IB-Bk [e] IBisos [e]	→ Cf ibox Cf
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References

↑ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 28. doi:10.1016/C2009-0-30414-6. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
↑ Kovács, Attila; Dau, Phuong D.; Marçalo, Joaquim; Gibson, John K. (2018). "Pentavalent Curium, Berkelium, and Californium in Nitrate Complexes: Extending Actinide Chemistry and Oxidation States". Inorg. Chem. 57 (15). American Chemical Society: 9453–9467. doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01450. OSTI 1631597. PMID 30040397. S2CID 51717837.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Kondev, F. G.; Wang, M.; Huang, W. J.; Naimi, S.; Audi, G. (2021). "The NUBASE2020 evaluation of nuclear properties" (PDF). Chinese Physics C. 45 (3) 030001. doi:10.1088/1674-1137/abddae.
↑ Milsted, J.; Friedman, A. M.; Stevens, C. M. (1965). "The alpha half-life of berkelium-247; a new long-lived isomer of berkelium-248". Nuclear Physics. 71 (2): 299. doi:10.1016/0029-5582(65)90719-4.
↑ Milsted, J.; Friedman, A. M.; Stevens, C. M. (1965). "The alpha half-life of berkelium-247; a new long-lived isomer of berkelium-248". Nuclear Physics. 71 (2): 299. doi:10.1016/0029-5582(65)90719-4.

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