DiscoveryCalifornium was produced by S.G. Thompson, K. Street, A. Ghiorso and G.T. Seaborg at the University of California, Berkeley, USA in 1950 who bombarded 242Cm with 35 MeV helium ions in the Berkeley 60'' cyclotron [2].
Origin of nameNamed after the State and University of California, USA [2].
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