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Berkelium - Periodic Table of Videos

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The team at periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. Berkelium is element 97 on the periodic table. Let's learn more about it!


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After the discovery and naming of berkelium, the New Yorker magazine jokingly suggested the discoverers should name the sequence of transuranium elements as “universium”, “ofium”, “californium” and “berkelium”.

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