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In this periodic table of elements quiz, you have 10 minutes to name as many elements as you can, given only their symbol, atomic weight and the broad group they live in.
The periodic table's organization provides important information about an element's structure and properties. Read on to learn more about how the periodic table was made over 150 years ago and why ...
Elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 to be added to the periodic table. The seventh row of the table will now be complete. Scientists to devise permanent names for new elements ...
We learn the periodic table as the elements arranged according to the atomic number, which is an integer, a whole number. That's the number of protons in an atom of that element.
The elements' temporary names stem from their spot on the periodic table — for instance, ununseptium has 117 protons. Each of the discovering teams have now been asked to submit names for the ...
Meet nihonium (Nh), moscovium (Mc), tennessine (Ts) and oganesson (Og), the newest elements on the periodic table to receive names. But don’t get too attached to the nomenclature for these ...
It’s not every day an element gets added to the periodic table. The last time it happened was 2016, when four new elements became official. For these elements, ...
The periodic table of elements is a landmark categorization developed in 1869 by the Russian chemist and inventor Dmitri Mendeleev. It arranges all natural and synthetic elements by their atomic ...
The periodic table is getting an update. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry announced that four new chemical elements have been assigned atomic numbers 113, 115, 117 and 118.