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    What is the name of a metallic radioactive transuranic element with atomic number 101 in the actinide series, discovered in 1955?
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    What is the name of a metallic radioactive transuranic element with atomic number 101 in the actinide series, discovered in 1955?

    A.

    Seaborgium

    B.

    Nobelium

    C.

    Mendelevium

    D.

    Rutherfordium

    Correct option is C

    The correct answer is (c) Mendelevium.
     Mendelevium is a metallic radioactive transuranic element with the atomic number 101.
     It is part of the actinide series in the periodic table.
     Mendelevium was discovered in 1955 by a team of scientists at the University of California, Berkeley.
     The team was led by Albert Ghiorso, Glenn T. Seaborg, and Bernard G. Harvey.
     The element was named after Dmitri Mendeleev, the Russian chemist who created the Periodic Table of Elements.
     Mendelevium is produced by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (helium nuclei).
     It is highly radioactive, with its most stable isotope, Md-258, having a half-life of about 51.5 days.
     Due to its short half-life and the difficulty of production, mendelevium has no significant commercial applications and is primarily used for scientific research.

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