Ch 5 Section 1 Flashcards
Final noble gas Radon, was discovered in 1900 by
Friedrich Ernst dorn
Mendeleevs procedure left several
Empty spaces in his periodic table
In 1871, the Russian chemist boldly predicted the
Existence and properties of the elements that would fill the spaces
The success of mendeleevs predictions persuaded most chemists to accept his
Periodic table and earned him credit as the discoverer of the periodic law
Cannizzaros method enabled chemists to agree on
Standard values of atomic mass and initiated a search for relationships between atomic mass and other properties of the elements
Stanislao Cannizzaro presented a convincing method for accurately
Measuring the relative masses of atoms
Periodic law means that when the elements are arranged in order of increasing atomic number elements with
Similar properties appear at regular intervals
By 1860 more than… Elements had been..
60 discovered
Chemists had to learn the
Properties of these elements as well as those of the many compounds they formed
There was no method for accurately determine an elements
Atomic mass or the number of atoms of an element in a particular chemical compound
Different chemists used different atomic masses for the same elements resulting in
Different compositions being proposed for the same compounds
Cannizzaros method enabled chemists to agree on
Standard values of atomic mass and initiated a search for relationships between atomic mass and other properties of the elements
Mendeleev hoped to organize the elements according to their
Properties
Mendeleev noticed that when the elements were arranged in order of increasing atomic mass certain similarities in theirs
Chemical properties appeared at regular intervals. Such a repeating pattern is referrrrd to as periodic
Mendeleev created a table in which elements with similar properties were
Grouped together– a periodic table of the elements
Mendeleev placed iodine after tellurium although this contradicted the pattern of listing the elements in order of increasing atomic mass, if allowed Mendeleev to place tellurium in a group of elements with which it shares
Similar properties
Mendeleevs procedure left several
Empty spaces in his periodic table