Mendelevium was discovered by Albert Ghiorso, Bernard G. Harvey, Gregory R. Choppin, Stanley G. Thompson and Glenn T. Seaborg (USA) in 1955. Named in honour of Dimitri Mendeljejev, the Russian chemist who devised the periodic table. It is synthetic radioactive metal. Mendelevium was made by bombarding einsteinium with helium ions.
Generalic, Eni. "Mendelevium." Croatian-English Chemistry Dictionary & Glossary. 29 June 2022. KTF-Split. 14 Apr. 2025. <https://glossary.periodni.com>.
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