History of the Periodic Table (ASGG) Group: 403

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  • Antoine Lavoisier

    Antoine Lavoisier
    Wrote the first extensive list of elements containing 33 elements & distinguished between metals and non-metals

  • John Dalton

    John Dalton
    Described the relationship between the components in a mixture of gases.

  • Jakob Berzelius

    Jakob Berzelius
    Developed a table of atomic weights & introduced letters to symbolize elements

  • Döbereiner (triads)

    Döbereiner (triads)
    He developed the Law of Triads. Each triad was a group of three elements similar to each other. (John Döbereiner)

  • J. Newlands (octaves)

    J. Newlands (octaves)
    Arranged the known elements in order of atomic weights & observed similarities between some elements. Developed the Law of Octaves.

  • Lothar Meyer (table)

    Lothar Meyer (table)
    "The Modern Theory of Chemistry" use of atomic weights to group elements (28 elements, 6 families, similar chemical & physical trait)

  • Mendeléiev

    Mendeléiev
    Published his periodic table, eventually becoming the “father of the periodic table.” (Demitri Mendeléiev)

  • Lord Rayleigh

    Lord Rayleigh
    Discovered argon, a new gaseous element that was chemically inert.

  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford
    Established that “the nuclear charge on a nucleus was proportional to the atomic weight of the element.”

  • Henry Mosely(table)

    Henry Mosely(table)
    Reported that the frequencies are proportional to the squares of whole numbers that are equal to the atomic number plus a constant. (Isotopes of elements)

  • Seaburg

    Seaburg
    Author of the "actinide" concept of heavy element electronic structure, which demonstrated how the heavy elements fit into the Periodic and also he discovered the transuranium elements.

  • Periodic Table

    Periodic Table
    Present Periodic Table