Back Mendelevium Afrikaans ሜንደሊቭየም Amharic मेण्डेलीवियम ANP مندليفيوم Arabic مينديلييڤيوم ARY مندليفيوم ARZ Mendeleviu AST Mendelevium Azerbaijani Méndelevium BAN Мендзялевій Byelorussian
Mendelevium (pronounced /ˌmɛndəˈlɛviəm/)) is a synthetic element with the symbol Md (used to be Mv) and the atomic number 101. It is a metallic radioactive transuranic element of the actinides.
Mendelevium is created by einsteinium and alpha particles forcefully combining and was named after Dmitri Mendeleev, the creator of the Periodic Table.
The half-life of Mendelevium 258 is 51 days, while the half-life of Mendelevium 256 is 1.17 hours.