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What did John Newland contribution to the periodic table?
British chemist John Newlands was the first to arrange the elements into a periodic table with increasing order of atomic masses. He found that every eight elements had similar properties and called this the law of octaves. He arranged the elements in eight groups but left no gaps for undiscovered elements.
How was the modern periodic table developed?
In 1869 Russian chemist Dimitri Mendeleev started the development of the periodic table, arranging chemical elements by atomic mass. He predicted the discovery of other elements, and left spaces open in his periodic table for them. In 1886 French physicist Antoine Bequerel first discovered radioactivity.
What did Dobereiner invent?
Döbereiner’s lampJohann Wolfgang Döbereiner / Inventions
Who are the scientist developed the periodic table?
Dmitri MendeleevAlbert Ghiorso
Periodic table/Inventors
Which factors are responsible for the development of the modern periodic table?
The two criteria used in the development of the modern periodic table are:
- The atomic number or the atomicity of elements: In the periodic chart, all elements are arranged according to their atomic number, which increases subsequently.
- The periodicity of elements/Similarity of elements:
What is dobereiner’s triad theory?
Dobereiner stated in his law of triads that the arithmetic mean of the atomic masses of the first and third element in a triad would be approximately equal to the atomic mass of the second element in that triad.
How many elements were known when dobereiner started his research?
Around 53 elements were discovered at the time of Dobereiner triads. Dobereiner could classify only three such triads of (Ca, Sr, Ba) ; (Li, Na, K) and (Cl, Br, I).
What are the advantages of Dobereiner’s triads?
Dobereiner’s triads: Advantage: It made chemists look at elements in terms of groups of elements with similar properties. This led to rigorous classification of elements. Limitation: Dobereiner could identify only three triads from the elements known at that time.
What are the achievements of Newlands law of octaves?
Newland’s law of octaves was also among the early attempts to classify elements on the basis of their atomic weights. It also classified elements with similar properties in the same group – which led to the development of better systems for classification of elements.