Periodic Table of Elements

Element Mendelevium - Md

Comprehensive data on the chemical element Mendelevium is provided on this page; including scores of properties, element names in many languages, most known nuclides of Mendelevium. Common chemical compounds are also provided for many elements. In addition technical terms are linked to their definitions and the menu contains links to related articles that are a great aid in one's studies.

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Overview of Mendelevium

Mendelevium's Name in Other Languages

  • Latin: Mendelevium
  • Czech: Mendelevium
  • Croatian: Mendelevij
  • French: Mendelevium
  • German: Mendelevium - s
  • Italian: Mendelevio
  • Norwegian: Mendelevium
  • Portuguese: Mendelévio
  • Russian: Менделевий
  • Spanish: Mendelevio
  • Swedish: Mendelevium

Atomic Structure of Mendelevium

Chemical Properties of Mendelevium

Physical Properties of Mendelevium

Regulatory / Health

  • CAS Number
    • 7440-11-1
  • NFPA 704
    • Health:
    • Fire:
    • Reactivity:
    • Special Hazard: Radioactive<
    • OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL)
      • No limits set by OSHA
    • OSHA PEL Vacated 1989
      • No limits set by OSHA
    • NIOSH Recommended Exposure Limit (REL)
      • No limits set by NIOSH
    • Levels In Humans:
      Note: this data represents naturally occuring levels of elements in the typical human, it DOES NOT represent recommended daily allowances.
      • Blood/mg dm-3: nil
      • Bone/p.p.m: nil
      • Liver/p.p.m: nil
      • Muscle/p.p.m: nil
      • Daily Dietary Intake: nil
      • Total Mass In Avg. 70kg human: nil

    Who / Where / When / How

    • Discoverer: Albert Ghiorso,B.G. Harvey, G.R. Chopplin, S.G.Thompson and G.T.Seaborg
    • Discovery Location: Berkeley California United States
    • Discovery Year: 1955
    • Name Origin:
      After the Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovitch Mendeleyev, who devised the periodic table.
    • Abundance of Mendelevium:
      • Earth's Crust/p.p.m.: nil
      • Seawater/p.p.m.: nil
      • Atmosphere/p.p.m.: nil
      • Sun (Relative to H=1E12): N/A
    • Sources of Mendelevium:
      Made by bombarding einsteinium with helium ions. Realitively little mendelevium has ever been produced.
    • Uses of Mendelevium:
      None
    • Additional Notes:

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