Complex sentence: A metallic radioactive transuranic element of the actinides, mendelevium is usually synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles and was named after Dimitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, who was responsible for the Periodic Table.
Split into simpler sentences: A metallic radioactive transuranic element of the actinides, mendelevium is usually synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles. It was named after Dimitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, who was responsible for the Periodic Table.