mendelevium

Thân thiện

A scientist carefully handles a sample of mendelevium in a secure laboratory.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A radioactive transuranic element: Mendelevium is a synthetic chemical element with the symbol Md and atomic number 101. It is a metal, produced artificially by bombarding other elements (like einsteinium) with alpha particles. It is radioactive and part of the actinide series.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Scientists produced a few atoms of mendelevium in the laboratory.
  • Mendelevium has no known uses outside of basic scientific research due to its rarity and radioactivity.

Advanced Usage

• In scientific contexts: The term is used almost exclusively in nuclear chemistry and physics to discuss the synthesis, properties, or position in the periodic table of transuranic elements.
  • The half-life of the most stable mendelevium isotope is several months.

Variants and Related Words

• Md: The current chemical symbol for mendelevium.
• Mv: A former symbol for mendelevium, now obsolete.
• Element 101: Another way to refer to mendelevium based on its atomic number.

Synonyms

• Element Md: A direct synonym referencing its symbol.
• (There are no common, non-scientific synonyms for this element.)

Related Phrases

• (This word does not commonly form phrasal verbs or idioms.)

Related Idioms

• (There are no idioms associated with this highly technical term.)

Học thuật

Noun

1. a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (Md is the current symbol for mendelevium but Mv was formerly the symbol)

Từ đồng nghĩa

• Md
• Mv
• atomic number 101