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    Hour 1 January 22, 2016 Tour of the Periodic Table Can you believe that in 1869 Russian Chemist Dimitri Mendeleev arranged the chemical elements by atomic mass and started the development of the periodic table. After this Henry Gwyn Moseley was an English Physicist and Developed Mosley's which sorted the chemical elements of the periodic table in a logical order based on physics. Before all the naturally occurring elements were discovered the periodic table was used to predict chemical and physical

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    Also known as the oxygen family, chalcogens are sulfur (S), selenium (Se), tellurium(Te), and polonium (Po). Oxygen (O) is also in group 16, where chalcogens are located on the periodic table. While it is defined as a chalcogen, oxygen and oxides are often separated from chalcogens because its chemical behavior is much different than that of the other elements in the group. The other elements in the group show similar patterns in their electron configurations resulting in similar chemical behavior

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    of elements in the periodic table. After rearranging the elements according to their atomic number rather than the atomic weights, fundamental flaws in the original periodic table were revealed. Henry Moseley 'came up with arranging elements according to proton number. ... Call the police, give the location, and tell them there is a person lying on the ground (or wherever they are) that appears to be dead. Because of Moseley's x-ray work, elements could be ordered in the periodic system in order of

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    and Periodic Properties” Martin Lozano, Charlie Widdicombe Experiment 2 September 5, 2014 Charlie Ponyik and Dr. Renee Falconer   Introduction Even before he knew anything about the atom or its behavior, a Russian scientist by the name of Dmitry Mandeleev was able to organize known elements of the time by their common properties. He noticed that the properties would appear periodically and began organizing the elements in columns that shared those similar properties. Thus, the periodic table was

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    In 1787, an unusual rock had come across the work of Dr. Adair Crawford when investigating witherite, a mineral in Strontian, Scotland ("Strontium | Periodic Table." Royal Society of Chemistry). The discoverer of the element was testing the results of witherite and hydrochloric acid. When Dr. Crawford mixed witherite with hydrochloric acid he did not get the results he expected. He assumed that his sample

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    Lesson 03.01: History of the Periodic Table Explain how scientific observations led to the development of, and changes to, the periodic table. -Dmitri Mendeleev- first periodic table, organized 63 known elements according to properties, organized into rows and columns and wrote name, mass, and chemical properties on each -Julius Lothar Meyer- independently worked in Germany, similar to Mendeleev -Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley- Worked with Ernest Rutherford, experimented with 38 metals, he found

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    Chapter one of The Disappearing Spoon informs us of the information hidden in the periodic table, and why the periodic table is arranged the way it is. Through its pages it explained the formation of the periodic table such as its shape, trends, and etc. The pages also tie into one or more learning goals in this unit. A periodic table is not just a chart with things splashed onto it, it is a chart that was thoroughly arranged based on the trends, the characteristics, the description, and formation

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    Mendeleev Lab

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    spaces for elements he believed were undiscovered in 1869. The purpose of the Mendeleev Lab of 1869 is to use knowledge of the periodic table in order to identify the undiscovered elements. Ultimately the whole idea is to observe, and draw conclusions to identify the elements. For instance, observing properties, samples, and trends will help us learn more about the periodic table also, learn more about the hidden elements of Mendeleev’s Lab. The essential way to assign an element to its unknown lab is

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    ionization energy is the energy to remove an electron from an atom. A trend for ionization energy is that it generally increases left to right across a row on the periodic table except for the noble gases which have closed shells. For example, lithium requires only 520 kJ/mol to ionize it while helium, the noble gas right next to it in the periodic table, requires 2372 kJ/mol. The ionization energy can be thought of as opposite to the electronegativity of an element in the way that a low ionization energy

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    Consider the cultural changes that occurred in American society in the mid-19th century that helped shape the identity of the American people. In your overall opinion, what was the most significant change in the mid-19th century culture that developed/impacted the American character and identity and why? Create a thesis with the following ideas and answers the question. 2. Discuss specific example(s) of event(s) or incident(s) that occurred in American life in the mid-19th century that helped shape

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