Md Mendelevium     Atomic number : 101 
    Relative atomic mass (12C = 12.0000) :  258.10 (Md-258) 
    P H Y S I C A L     D A T A
Group 3 actinide
 
Density / kg m-3 :  n.a.
 
Melting point / K :  n.a. 
 
Boiling point / K :  n.a.
 
    D I S C O V E R Y
Mendelevium was prepared in 1955 by Albert Ghioso, B.G. Harvey, G.R. Choppin, S.G. Thompson and G.T. Seaborg at Berkeley, California, USA.
 
    G E O L O G I C A L     D A T A
Abundances
 
Sun (relative to H = 1 × 1012) : n.a.
 
Earth's crust / p.p.m. : nil
 
  
 
Seawater / p.p.m. : nil
    B I O L O G I C A L     D A T A
Level in humans
 
nil
 
  
 
Daily dietary intake : nil
 
Total mass of element
in average (70 kg) person :
nil

 

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