You probably studied the "regular" periodic table in school—but did you know there are more versions of the periodic table than just the one you know? The periodic table of elements has gone through ...

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A new study has found that most rare earth deposits – sources of metals essential for electronics and clean energy ...

IN his letter in NATURE of March 20 Mr. Soddy states that “granting the possibility of the existence of groups of elements with identical chemical properties and spectra, the only known direct manner ...

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