Periodic table can be divided into four blocks, s, p, d and f.When I was a student I was always confused about period and group, so here's a trick if you're struggling too, just cram it as " top to bottom in a group" so whenever you'll think of a group you'd have an idea what exactly you're thinking about. Electronic configuration of valence shell can be seen at the bottom left corner.Ĭonsider the following example for better understanding:Īs I have mentioned earlier, elements are arranged in an order of increasing atomic number in the form of rows and columns called periods and groups respectively.Atomic number is at the top left corner.Atomic weight is present at the top right corner.
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The periodic table has 118 elements till now, we can figure out a lot of things about an element just by looking at it, such as:
Here's the image showing the modern Periodic Table:. There are 7 periods in the Periodic table. The horizontal rows from left to right are called Periods. The vertical columns from top to bottom are called Groups in the periodic table, which are 18 in number. Periodic Table is the tabular arrangement of elements in the order of increasing atomic numbers, Hydrogen having the smallest atomic number, meanwhile, Oganesson having the highest atomic number of all. Let's have a look at the proper definition of periodic table: Later on, after the discovery of atomic numbers by Henry Mosley in 1913 and some new elements modern periodic table is now based on the increasing order of atomic numbers which was proposed by Henry himself when he discovered atomic numbers. Newlands proposed the Law of Octaves in 1864 when he observed the repetition of properties in every eighth element, when elements were arranged in an order of increasing atomic masses. Within a Triad the central element had the atomic mass equal to the average of two corresponding elements. Doberiner presented the idea of Triads when he observed the relationship between the atomic masses of three elements. The older version of periodic table was based on Atomic Masses by Dimitri Mendeleev, Many scientists contributed to the formation of the periodic table such as: Rome wasn't built in a day, in the same way, the modern periodic table isn't the product of a single effort from a chemist or two, it took two centuries to complete. Today I would be breaking down this complex topic into smaller digestible chunks.īefore diving deep into the topic let me introduce you to the fact that atomic number is more reliable than the atomic mass of an element, every element has a fixed atomic number and it increases by a value of 1 with every element in the modern periodic table, that is the reason why we use Atomic Number instead of Atomic Mass as the base of the modern periodic table. 
Understanding the Periodic Table is one of the nightmares everyone had once in a lifetime, don't fret! I was one of those people too. In today's tutorial, we will have a look at a detailed overview of Periodic Table. Hello friends, I hope you all are doing great.
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