Element named for the university where many of the transuranium elements were synthesized

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Amy Hobbs

13 June, 09:12

Element named for the university where many of the transuranium elements were synthesized

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Lamar Mckee · Answer 1

Berkelium is the element named after the city of Berkeley, California, the location of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory or the now then University of California Radiation Laboratory where it was discovered in December 1949. It is where many of the trans uranium elements were synthesized.