Ọ bụ ezie na òtù ndị sayensị na Europe nile kwanyeere Mendeleev ugwu nke ukwuu, gụnyere (na 1882) Davy Medal site na Royal Society nke London (nke mechara nye ya Copley Medal na 1905), ọ gbara arụkwaghịm na Mahadum Saint Petersburg na 17 Ọgọst 1890. A họpụtara ya dị ka onye mba ọzọ nke Royal Society (ForMemRS) na 1892, na 1893 a họpụtara ya onye nduzi nke Bureau of Weights and Measures, post nke ọ nọchiri ruo ọnwụ ya. Mendeleev nyochakwara ihe mejupụtara mmanụ ala, ma nyere aka ịchọta ụlọ ọrụ mmanụ mbụ Arrhenius na Russia. Ọ ghọtara mkpa mmanụ ala dị ka nri nri maka mmanụ ala. A na-akwụ ya ụgwọ maka okwu na mmanụ ala na-ere ọkụ "ga-abụ ihe na-ere ọkụ na kichin na-ere ọkụ".
gbara arụkwaghịm na mahadum Saint Petersburg