{"id":2769,"date":"2026-08-23T12:29:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T12:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/?p=2769"},"modified":"2026-08-23T12:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T12:29:15","slug":"californium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/californium\/","title":{"rendered":"Element | Californium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Californium is a synthetic transuranic element prized for its intense neutron emission in small sources used for industrial and scientific applications.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Properties of Californium<\/strong> | It exhibits actinide chemistry, is highly radioactive and produces neutrons that enable material analysis and startup of nuclear reactors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uses of Californium<\/strong> | Californium 252 is used in neutron activation analysis, oil well logging, neutron radiography and as a startup neutron source for reactors under strict controls.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Isotopes of Californium<\/strong> | Californium isotopes are intensely radioactive and require remote handling, shielding and rigorous regulatory oversight for transport and use.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rare, highly radioactive transuranic used as a neutron source in industry and research<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[202],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elemental-table"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5903,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2769\/revisions\/5903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}