Mendelevium (Md)

Mendelevium (Md) is element 101 of the periodic table, an actinide in period 7, in the f-block. It has no stable isotope and no standard atomic weight; 258 is the mass number of its longest-lived isotope. At room temperature it is a solid.

101 Md Mendelevium [258]

Period 7, f-block · Actinide

Atomic number101
SymbolMd
Standard atomic weight[258] (mass number of the longest-lived isotope)
Molar mass[258] g/mol
CategoryActinide
Groupf-block (actinide series)
Period7
Blockf-block
Electron configuration[Rn] 7s2 5f13
Oxidation states+3, +2
Electronegativity (Pauling)1.3
Atomic radius (van der Waals)—
First ionisation energy6.58 eV (634.9 kJ/mol)
Electron affinity—
State at room temperatureSolid
Melting point1100 K (826.85 °C)
Boiling point—
Density—
Discovered1955

Actinides

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