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#101 Md - Mendelevium

Discovered in: 1955

Discovered by: Albert Ghiorso, Bernard Harvey, Gregory Choppen, Stanley Thompson and Glenn Seaborg of the USA.

Description: Named after Russian chemist Dimitri Mendeleev (who invented the Periodic Table), mendelevium is a highly radioactive metal. It has never been found naturally and only a few micrograms have been produced in laboratories. Its chemistry and appearance are not known with any certainty but should be similar to the other actinides. Mendelevium is too rare to have any commercial or industrial application. The most stable isotope of mendelevium has a half-life of 52 days.

Biological Rating: No known benefit to life processes in plants and animals. Biological Benefits: Mendelevium has no biological use.

Percentage Amount in the Human Body: 0 %

Obtained from: Mendelevium was first obtained by particle bombardment of einsteinium. Other methods of creating it are currently known.

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