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Dmitri Mendeleev's Periodic Table

Dmitri Mendeleev's Periodic Table was the most scientific periodic table in his time, which led to the formation of the modern periodic table. Mendeleev not only group the elements that shared similar properties but also correctly predicted the properties of undiscovered elements. And this was groundbreaking.

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Lothar Meyer's Periodic Table

Lothar Meyer's periodic table was a raw version of the periodic table. He successfully classified the elements according their valency with the increasing order of atomic weights. He also depicted the periodicity from his atomic volume vs atomic weight graph.

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Newlands' Law of Octaves

Newlands' Law of Octaves proposed by John Newlands explains the periodic repetition of physical and chemical properties. The law has many limitations, which are discussed in this article.

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De Chancourtois's Helical Periodic Table

De Chancourtois's helical periodic table was the first periodic table that introduced the notion of the periodicity of elements.

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Dobereiner's Triads

Dobereiner's Triads or the law of triads divides elements showing similar properties into groups of three.

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Hund's Rule of Maximum Multiplicity

The Hund rule of maximum multiplicity states the electrons fills the degenerate orbitals singly before getting paired.

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Honorable Robert Boyle (1627–1691)

Robert Boyle was a chemist of the 17th century and a founder of the modern chemistry.

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Pauli Exclusion Principle

Pauli Exclusion Principle: An orbital cannot take more than two electrons.

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Aufbau Principle

The aufbau principle provides a helpful rule in the ordering of atomic orbitals.

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Energy of Atomic Orbital

The energy of the atomic orbital is decided by the size and shape of the orbital

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