What is Mendelevium?
Mendelevium is a metallic chemical element which is classified among the actinide elements on the periodic table. Little is known about this element, since it does not appear in nature and it is expensive and time consuming to synthesize. Since the element can only really be studied and worked with in trace amounts, commercial uses for mendelevium have not been developed, although it is used in scientific research. This element is produced by bombarding other elements with charged particles. Typically isotopes of einsteinium are used to produce mendelevium, although other elements can potentially be used as well. Like other elements which can only be produced synthetically, mendelevium exists only in trace amounts at any given time. It has a relatively short half life, ranging from a few minutes to a few months, depending on the isotope which is generated. This element is identified on the periodic table with the symbol Md, and it has an atomic number of 101, placing it in the transura
