Mendelevium

Mendelevium
Properties
Atomic symbol	Md
Atomic number	101
Classification	Metallic
Atomic mass	258 amu
Other Information
Date of discovery	1955
Name of discoverer	Albert Ghiorso,B.G. Harvey, G.R. Choppin, S.G.Thompson and G.T.Seaborg
Name origin	Named after the Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovitch Mendeleyev, who devised the periodic table.
Uses	None.
Obtained from	Made by bombarding einsteinium with helium ions. Relatively little mendelevium has ever been produced.

Mendelevium is a radioactive element with the atomic number of 101 that was discovered by Stanley Thompson, Albert Ghiorso, Bernard Harvey, Gregory Choppin and Glenn Seaborg at the University of California, Berkeley in 1955. It has not been produced outside of a laboratory setting, and thus has no practical uses.