Berkelium (Bk) — Atomic Data, Electron Shells & Reactions

Atomic Number (Z) 97 IUPAC Symbol Bk Standard Atomic Weight 247 g/mol Period / Group / Block 7 / f-block / f-block Condensed Electron Config [Rn] 5f9 7s2 Full Subshell Config 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10 4s2 4p6 4d10 4f14 5s2 5p6 5d10 5f9 6s2 6p6 7s2 Principal Shell Occupancy [2, 8, 18, 32, 27, 8, 2] Pauling Electronegativity 1.3 First Ionization Energy 601 kJ/mol Covalent Radius 168 pm Melting Point 1259 K (985.85 °C) Boiling Point 2900 K (2626.85 °C) Density 14.79 g/cm³ Oxidation States +3, +4