CALIFION

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=52 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B><B>ATOMIC ELEMENTS</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B>  </B><B> </B>TO THE PERIODIC TABLES >  <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ATOMIC ELEMENTS"><U>SMALL</U></A> <A HREF="wide_screen.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="View with Internet Explorer and F11"><U> LARGE</U></A> </div> <div>            <A HREF="curium_curion_data.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CURION"><U>CURION</U></A>   |   <A HREF="berkelium_berklion_data.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BERKLION"><U>BERKLION</U></A>   |   <B>CALIFION</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=320 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="ca0cadf0.gif" border=0 width="202" height="223" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> CALIFION</div> <div> CALIFORNIUM            CALIFORNIO</div> <div> IUPAC GAVE IT THESE NAMES</div> <div> BEECAUSE IT WAS FIRST SYNTHESIZED</div> <div> IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,USA</div> </td> <td valign="top" height=428 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="434" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 315 ><NOBR><div> <B>CALIFORNIUM - </B><B>CALIFION</B></div> <div> <B>RADIOACTIVE ATOMIC ELEMENT </B></div> <div> <B>IT WAS FIRST SYNTHESIZED, IN 1952,</B></div> <div> <B>BY SHOOTING,SYNTHETIC CURION IONS, </B></div> <div> <B>MADE FROM NATURAL PLUTONE IONS,</B></div> <div> <B>THAT WERE MADE FROM,URANION ATOMS,</B></div> <div> <B>COMBINED WITH HELION IONS.</B></div> <div> <B>THESE SEMI-SYNTHETIC ATOMS ARE </B></div> <div> <B>THE MOST RADIOACTIVE OF ALL ELEMENTS.</B></div> <div> <B>THEY ARE NOW USED IN NUCLEAR PEBBLES,</B></div> <div> <B>IN THE SMALL NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS,</B></div> <div> <B>MADE BY THE NATURAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE. </B></div> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>