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  2. Periodic table, in chemistry, the organized array of all the chemical elements in order of increasing atomic number. When the elements are thus arranged, there is a recurring pattern called the periodic law’ in their properties, in which elements in the same column (group) have similar properties. ... Explanation of the periodic table.

  3. Periodic table - Elements, Groups, Blocks | Britannica

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    Periodic table - Elements, Groups, Blocks: The periodic table of the elements contains all of the chemical elements that have been discovered or made; they are arranged, in the order of their atomic numbers, in seven horizontal periods, with the lanthanoids (lanthanum, 57, to lutetium, 71) and the actinoids (actinium, 89, to lawrencium, 103) indicated separately below. The periods are of ...

  4. periodic table - Kids | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

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    The periodic table is a system for arranging the chemical elements. The chemical elements are the basic substances that make up all matter. Each chemical element has a particular feature called its atomic number. That number comes from the amount of tiny particles called protons in each atom of the element.

  5. Groups and Periods of the Periodic Table of the Elements...

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    The columns of the periodic table are called groups. Members of the same group in the table have the same number of electrons in the outermost shells of their atoms and form bonds of the same type. The horizontal rows are called periods. Periods correspond to the relationship of orbitals, or likely areas in which electrons will be found, inside ...

  6. Dmitri Mendeleev | Biography, Periodic Table, & Facts |...

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    Dmitri Mendeleev (born January 27 (February 8, New Style), 1834, Tobolsk, Siberia, Russian Empire—died January 20 (February 2), 1907, St. Petersburg, Russia) was a Russian chemist who developed the periodic classification of the elements. Mendeleev found that, when all the known chemical elements were arranged in order of increasing atomic weight, the resulting table displayed a recurring ...

  7. Periodic table - Elements, Groups, Families | Britannica

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    The “short-period” form of the periodic table, with Groups 0, I, II,…VIII, became popular and remained in general use until about 1930. Based on an earlier (1882) model of T. Bayley, J. Thomsen in 1895 devised a new table. This was interpreted in terms of the electronic structure of atoms by Niels Bohr in 1922.

  8. periodic table summary | Britannica

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    The periodic table has thus greatly deepened understanding of bonding and chemical behaviour. It also allowed the prediction of new elements, many of which were later discovered or synthesized. Dmitri Mendeleev Summary. Dmitri Mendeleev was a Russian chemist who developed the periodic classification of the elements. Mendeleev found that, when ...

  9. Periodic table - Elements, Properties, Periodicity | Britannica

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    Periodic table - Elements, Properties, Periodicity: The periodicity of properties of the elements is caused by the periodicity in electronic structure. The noble gases are chemically unreactive, or nearly so, because their electronic structures are stable—their atoms hold their quota of electrons strongly, have no affinity for more electrons, and have little tendency to share electrons with ...

  10. Isotope | Examples & Definition | Britannica

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    An overview of isotopes. isotope, one of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and position in the periodic table and nearly identical chemical behaviour but with different atomic masses and physical properties. Every chemical element has one or more isotopes. An atom is first identified and labeled ...

  11. Chemical bonding - Periodic Arrangement, Trends | Britannica

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    Chemical bonding - Periodic Arrangement, Trends: The columns of the periodic table, which contain elements that show a family resemblance, are called groups. All members of a particular group have analogous outermost (valence) electron configurations, suggesting that all members of a group should show a family relationship in the types and numbers of the chemical bonds that they are able to form.