Berkelium (Bk)
- Atomic Number: 97
- Atomic Weight: 247
- Melting Point: not known
- Boiling Point: not known
- Specific Gravity: 14
- Valences: 3 or 4
Berkelium was discovered in 1949 by Thompson, Ghiorso, and Seaborg in California.
Berkelium is a radioactive element that has not been prepared in its elemental form to be properly analyzed.
Due to its rarity, berkelium presently has no commercial or technological use.
It is named after the University of California at Berkeley.
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