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Johann Dobereiner discovered the halogen triad and the alkali metal triad.
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Created the first periodic table. He assembled the table by classifying chemical elements in an order based on their periodicity of chemical and physical properties.
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John Newlands published his own version of the periodic table and developed the Law of Octaves.
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Published his periodic table, eventually becoming the “father of the periodic table.”
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discovered argon, a new gaseous element that was chemically inert.
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helped to establish the “zero” group (for “zero valency”) and predicted the future discovery of the element neon.
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established that “the nuclear charge on a nucleus was proportional to the atomic weight of the element.”
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established that the atomic weight of an element was approximately equal to the charge on an atom. This charge became the “atomic number” by which periodic table elements are classified.
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discovered the isotopes of elements. This discovery established that “the properties of the elements varied periodically with atomic number,” not atomic weight, which had been previously accepted under periodic law.
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discovered plutonium and the transuranic elements from 94 to 102. His findings represented the last changes to the periodic table.