development of the periodic table

    Cards (4)

    • early periodic tables classified elements by what? why was this a problem?
      • atomic weight
      • they were incomplete & elements were placed in inappropriate groups
    • Mendeleev overcame some problems w the table by doing what?
      • leaving gaps for elements he thought were undiscovered
      • changed the order based on atomic weights
    • what did Mendeleev predict about the undiscovered elements?
      properties
    • knowledge of what made it possible to explain why the order of atomic weights wasn't correct?
      isotopes
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