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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The correct answer is Mendelevium.Key Points

The metallic radioactive transuranic element with atomic number 101 in the actinide series is called Mendelevium.
It was discovered in 1955 by a team of American scientists led by Albert Ghiorso.
Mendelevium is named after the Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev, who is known for creating the periodic table of elements.
It is a synthetic element, which means that it is not found naturally on Earth and can only be produced in a laboratory.

Additional Information

Seaborgium is a synthetic element with atomic number 106.
- It is named after the American chemist Glenn T. Seaborg.
Nobelium is a synthetic element with atomic number 102.
- It is named after Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite.
Rutherfordium is a synthetic element with atomic number 104.
- It is named after the British physicist Ernest Rutherford.