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periodic table

[ peer-ee-od-ik, peer- ]

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noun

, Chemistry.

a table illustrating the periodic system, in which the chemical elements, formerly arranged in the order of their atomic weights and now according to their atomic numbers, are shown in related groups.

periodic table

/ ˌpɪərɪˈɒdɪk /

a table of the elements, arranged in order of increasing atomic number, based on the periodic law. Elements having similar chemical properties and electronic structures appear in vertical columns (groups)

Periodic Table

A table in which the chemical elements are arranged in order of increasing atomic number. Elements with similar properties are arranged in the same column (called a group), and elements with the same number of electron shells are arranged in the same row (called a period).

First recorded in 1890–95

And when you review the periodic table, take special note of Tungsten, or Wolfram.

All of these had their atomic weights found, and fell into that new column in the periodic table.

Carbon stands at the head of a family of elements in the fourth group in the periodic table.

As would be expected from its place in the periodic table, silicon resembles carbon in many respects.

Following iron, nickel, and cobalt in the eighth column of the periodic table are two groups of three elements each.

The elements iron, cobalt, and nickel form a group in the eighth column of the periodic table.

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