Original: A metallic radioactive transuranic element of the actinides , mendelevium is usually synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles . It was named after Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev , who was responsible for the Periodic Table .
Simplified: It is a metallic radioactive transuranic element of the actinides , mendelevium is create by einsteinium and alpha particles forcefully combining and was named after Dmitri Mendeleev .