| Origin of Name |
After
Dmitri Ivanovitch Mendeleev, who developed
the first periodic table |
| Date and Place of Discovery |
First synthesized
early in 1955 in the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory at the University of
California at Berkeley by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles |
| Discovered by |
Glenn T.
Seaborg, Bernard Harvey,
Gregory Choppin
and Stanley G.
Thompson |
| Common Compounds |
No known compounds |
| Interesting facts |
- Very little is known about
it.
- Researchers have shown it to
be moderately stable in the oxidation state.
- Its isotope, 256Md,
is used to analyze its chemical properties when in an aqueous
solution.
- Only trace amounts have been
produced.
|
| Common Uses |
There are no known uses except for basic
scientific research.
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