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Mendelevium: the essentials

Mendelevium is a radioactive rare earth metal named after Dmitri Mendeleev, father of the Periodic Table.

Table: basic information about and classifications of mendelevium.
Name: Mendelevium Symbol: Md Atomic number: 101 Atomic weight: [ 258 ] Standard state: presumably a solid at 298 K CAS Registry ID: 7440-11-1	Group in periodic table: Group name: Actinoid Period in periodic table: 7 (actinoid) Block in periodic table: f-block Colour: unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance Classification: Metallic

Mendelevium: historical information

Mendelevium was discovered by Glenn T. Seaborg, Albert Ghiorso, Bernard Harvey, Gregory Choppin, Stanley G. Thompson at 1955 in USA. Origin of name: named after Dimitri "Mendeleev", the Russian chemist who contributed so much to the development of the periodic table.

Mendelevium, the ninth transuranium element of the actinide series to be discovered, was first identified by Seaborg and others in 1955 as a product of the bombardment of the einsteinium isotope ²⁵³Es with helium ions. The isotope produced was ²⁵⁶Md, which has a half-life of about 1¹/₄ hours.

Mendelevium: physical properties

Melting point: about 1100 [or 827 °C (1521 °F)] K
Boiling point: no data K
Density of solid: no data kg m^-3

Ground state electron configuration: [Rn].5f¹³.7s²
Shell structure: 2.8.18.32.31.8.2
Term symbol: ²F_7/2
Pauling electronegativity: 1.3 (Pauling units)
First ionisation energy: 635 kJ mol^-1
Second ionisation energy: no data kJ mol^-1

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Mendelevium

Mendelevium: the essentials

Mendelevium: historical information

Mendelevium: physical properties

Mendelevium: orbital properties

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