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mendelevium

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mendelevium /men·de·le·vi·um/ (Md) (men″dĕ-le´ve-um) a chemical element, at. no. 101.
men·de·le·vi·um (mnd-lv-m)
n. Symbol Md
A synthetic radioactive element; its most stable isotope is Md 258 with a half-life of 56 days. Atomic number 101.

mendelevium (Md)
[men′dəlē′vē·əm]
Etymology: Dimitrii Ivanovich Mendeleev, Russian chemist, 1834-1907
a synthetic element in the actinide group. Its atomic number is 101. The atomic mass of its most stable isotope is 256. It is the ninth transuranic element.

mendelevium (Md) [men″dĕ-le´ve-um]
a chemical element, atomic number 101, atomic weight 256. (See Appendix 6.)

mendelevium
a chemical element, atomic number 101, atomic weight 256, symbol Md. See Table 6.


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D) Scientists have already named the element Mendelevium.
Jeremy Morse offers the following coinages to fill Darryl Francis's gaps: KURCHATOVIUM Tchaikovsky's church music MENDELEVIUM eleven medium [a shoe size] JOLIOTIUM majority in council [Byron, 1 Foscari, I, 1,370] RUTHERFORDIUM mid-fourth quarter [economic jargon] UNNILHEXIUM four million six hundred UNNILPENTIUM multiple punning UNNILQUADIUM unqualified bunkum [how some readers may classify these offerings
Besides probing fermium further, the team plans next to study element number 101, mendelevium, Backe says.
 
 
 
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