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Dmitri Mendeleev ( a Russain chemist) started the development of the periodic table by arranging elements by atomic mass
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Sir William Ramsay & Lord Rayleigh discovered the noble gases, which were added to the periodic table as group 0
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J.J Thomson discovers the electrons which are used to used to find out how reactive a element is
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Ernest Rutherford and Hans Grieger discover that electrons orbit the nucleus of an atoms in elements.
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Ernest Rutherford discovers protons in the atomic nucleus.
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Henry Moseley creates atomic numbers, which are based on the number of eletrons in an atom.
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James Chadwick dicovers neutrons in the nucleus and isotopes are discovered. This completed the basis of the periodic table.
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Glenn Seaborg identifies lanthanides and actinides. Which are usually seen under the periodic table.