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mendelevium

[ men-dl-ee-vee-uhm ]

noun

, Chemistry, Physics.
  1. a transuranic element. : Md, Mv; : 101.


mendelevium

/ ˌmɛndɪˈliːvɪəm /

noun

  1. a transuranic element artificially produced by bombardment of einsteinium. Symbol: Md; atomic no: 101; half-life of most stable isotope, 258Md: 60 days (approx.); valency: 2 or 3
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mendelevium

/ mĕn′də-lēvē-əm /

  1. A synthetic, radioactive metallic element of the actinide series that is produced by bombarding einsteinium with helium ions. Its most stable isotope is Md 258 with a half-life of approximately 51.5 days. Atomic number 101.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mendelevium1

1950–55; named after D. I. Mendeleev; -ium
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mendelevium1

C20: named after D. I. Mendeleyev
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Example Sentences

The naming of elements No. 100 and No. 101, fermium and mendelevium, had caused little stir, but that relative calm soon shattered.

Over the course of 30 years, his inventions contributed to the discovery of americium, curium, berkelium, californium, einsteinium, fermium, mendelevium, nobelium, lawrencium, rutherfordium, dubnium and seaborgium.

Many are named after great scientists: einsteinium, curium, fermium, mendelevium, bohrium and rutherfordium.

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There is also mendelevium, named after, the Russian scientist who established the first periodic table in 1869, and fitted the known elements into their places in the table based on their properties.

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