Based on the periodic table, the element mendeleev called eka-manganese is now called technetium. Technetium<span> is a silvery-gray metal that tarnishes slowly in moist air. Hope this answers the question. Have a nice day. Feel free to ask more questions.</span>
The Mendeleev element called eka-manganese is now called Technetium.
Technetium is a crystalline, silver and radioactive metal, very similar to platinum. It serves as a gamma ray source of beta particles. Most of the technetium produced on Earth is a byproduct of uranium-235 fission in nuclear reactors and is extracted from nuclear fuel rods. No isotope of technetium has a half-life of more than 4.2 million years, so its detection in 1952 helped reinforce the theory that stars can produce heavier elements.
