Everything You Need To Know About Basic Periodic Table

• The Periodic Table was discovered by Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev,1869

• Modern Periodic Table was discovered by Henry Moseley

• Father of Periodic Table Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev

• Elements were classified on the basis of Atomic Volumes by Lother Meyer

• The Periodic table of Mendeleev was based on increasing order of Atomic Mass

• The Modern Periodic table of Moseley was based on increasing order of Atomic Number

• Law of Triads was put forward by Dobereiner

• Law of Octaves was put forward by John Newlands

• The Scientist who established measuring and weighing methods in Chemistry Lavoisier

• Horizontal Rows of elements in a periodic table is known as Periods

• Vertical Columns of elements in a periodic table is known as Groups

• The Last Natural Element in Periodic Table - Uranium

• The Natural element having Highest atomic weight and atomic number - Uranium

• The first Artificial Element - Technitium ( Atomic number : 43 )

• Element on Left side of the Periodic Table - Metals

• Element on Right side of the Periodic Table - Non Metals

• Group 1 Elements are called - Alkali Metals

• Group 2 Elements are called - Alkaline Earth Metals

• Elements with Atomic number 58 - 71 are known as Lanthanides ( Rare Metals )

• Elements with Atomic number 90 - 103 are known as Actinides ( Radioactive Rare Earths )

• Elements of Group 17 are called Halogens

• The elements present in 1 , 2 and 13-18 groups are known as Representative Elements

• The elements present in 3 - 12 groups are known as Transition Elements

• The Liquid metal at Room Temperature - Mercury

• The Liquid non metal at Room Temperature - Bromine

• The Elements used in the dials of Clock - Radium

• The metal which is used in Atomic Clocks - Caesium

• The Radioactive liquid Element -Francium

• The Radioactive gaseous Element - Radon

• The metal which shows least expansion - Caesium

• Element having the name of ‘ Sun ’ -  Helium

• Element having the name of ‘ Earth ’ - Tellurium

• Element having the name of ‘ Moon’ - Selenium

• Element having the name of an ‘ Asteroid’ - Palladium

• First Asian Country to discover an element  - Japan ( Element name : Nihonium )

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