Periodic Table Flashcards
The smallest particle that can exist on its own
Atom
A substance made up of one type of atom
Element
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Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Fluorine, Neon, Sodium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Silicon, Phosphorus, Sulfur, Chlorine, Argon, Potassium, Calcium.
On February 14th, I wrote everything I knew about each element on separate cards and tried to find patterns in their arrangement.
Dimitri Mendeleev
First
I arranged them with increasing atomic mass
Secondly
I arranged them in columns if they had similar properties
Thirdly
I left spaces for undiscovered elements
When did he arrange all the known elements into a pattern according to their properties?
19th century
Vertical columns are called
Groups
Horizontal rows are called
Periods