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.