mendelevium

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Noun — A radioactive, man-made chemical element with the symbol Md and atomic number 101, produced only in a particle accelerator.

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This is a technical chemistry term used mainly in scientific contexts.

Etymology

The name honours the Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev, who set out the periodic law and an early periodic table. It was put forward by a Berkeley research team, led by Stanley Gerald Thompson and including Gregory Robert Choppin, Albert Ghiorso, Bernard George Harvey and Glenn T. Seaborg, after they first made the elem...

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What is mendelevium named after?

It is named in honour of Dmitri Mendeleev, the chemist who devised the periodic law and an early periodic table.

Does mendelevium occur naturally?

No, it is a synthetic element that has to be created artificially in a particle accelerator.

What is mendelevium's chemical symbol and atomic number?

Its symbol is Md and its atomic number is 101.

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