If you want to know where the data comes from for any particular property, then select that property. You'll see graphs for the properties as well. The following uses for californium are gathered from a number of sources as well as from anecdotal comments. Californium is radioactive and only available in very small amounts so its uses are somewhat specialist. Foils made from 252 Cf are used as a source of fission fragments for research purposes.
Californium is a good source of neutrons.
It is used in moisture gauges for the determination of water and oil-bearing layers in oil wells. All rights reserved.