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History of Periodic Table
Periodic Table
of the Elements
(CHEM 1360)
Part 3
Lavoisier’s Elements
“Nonmetallic elements”
“Metallic elements”
“Earths”
“Atoms are featureless
spheres. The only
difference between
different elements
is their weight.
For example:
Hydrogen 1
Carbon 5
Oxygen 7
Phosphorus 9
Sulphur 13
Magnesia 20
Lime 24
Potash 42
Iron 50
Lead 90
John Dalton Mercury 167
Manchester, England Gold 190”
1810
These are models of atoms constructed by Dalton,
now on display in a Manchester museum.
Determined
Atomic
Weights Accurately
The time had come for chemists to resolve several questions and
to come to agreement on several conventions.
While Lincoln was debating key issues during the
Presidential campaign in the fall of 1860, chemists
from all over the world congregated in Karlsruhe.
The Chemical Congress debated
several key issues. Foremost were
(1) the question of whether to use
chemical equivalents (the amount
of an element that reacts with a
standard weight of oxygen) or
atomic weights to describe
chemical reactions, and (2) what
symbolism to use for chemical
formulas.
Cannizzaro “rediscovered”
Avogadro’s work on gas
volumes which had been
ignored for half a century.
2H2 + O2 2H2O
The two future discoverers of the Periodic Table, after reading
Cannizzaro’s Pamphlet at the Chemical Congress, stated:
Atomic weight
Row 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
R2 O RO R2 O3 RO2 R2 O5 RO3 R2 O7
8
RO4
eka-boron
RH4 RH3 RH2 RH
1 H
1
eka-aluminum
Li Be B C N O F
2
7 9.4 11 12 14 16 19
Na Mg Al Si P S Cl
eka-silicon
3
23 24 27. 28 31 32 35.
3) Ti V Cr Mn
K Ca "eka- 5) Fe Co Ni
4 B"
39 40 44? 48 51 52 55 56 59 59 Predicted!
Cu Zn "eka- "eka- As Se Br
5 Al" Si"
63 65 68? 72?
75 78 80
Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Ru Rh Pd
6
85 87 88 90 94 96 100 104 104 106
Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te ?)
I ) ) ) Correct
7
) ) Ce) ) )
?
108 112 113 118 122 125 127
) Ba ) value?
8 Cs
??
Di
133 137 138 140
) ) ) )
9
10
??
Er La Ta W
178 180 182 184
) Pb) ) )
Os Ir Pt
195 197 198
) ) )
Misfits?
Au Hg Tl Bi
11
199 200 204 207 208
) ) ) Th) )
12
231
)
? ? U
240
)
Mendeléeff assumed: oxide of Be = BeO
oxide of In = In2 O3
oxide of U = UO3
How Mendeleev predicted unknown elements
Predicted Found
at. wt. = 68 at. wt. = 69.9
sp. gr. = 5.9 sp. gr. = 5.94
low m.p. m.p. = 30º
Oxide Ea2O3 Oxide Ga2O3
soluble in acids soluble in acids
and bases and bases
Lecoq
de Boisbaudran,
Cognac, France
Gallium - discovered 1875
Nilson discovers eka-boron
Predicted Found
at. wt. = 44 at. wt. = 44
Oxide Eb2O3 Oxide Sc2O3
with sp. gr. = with sp.gr. =
3.5, not soluble 3.86, not soluble
in alkalies in alkalies
Predicted Found
at. wt. = 72 at. wt. = 72.3
Oxide EsO2 Oxide GeO2
with sp. gr. = with sp. gr. =
4.7 4.70
Volatile chloride GeCl4 with
EsCl4 b.p. = 86 º
Clemens Winkler,
Freiberg, Germany
Germanium - discovered 1886
PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS
(Mendeléeff, 1891)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
A Also
newknown
column is needed for the new element!
in 1894: Er, Tb, Ho, Tm, Sm, Gd, Pr, Nd, Dy
PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS
(1895)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
AnotherAlso
gasknown
discovered! (was
in 1895: Er, originally
Tb, Ho, seen
Tm, Sm, Gd, Pr, in
Nd,the
Dy sun)
PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS
(1898)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Twoin more
Also known gases
1898: Er, discovered!
Tb, Ho, Tm, Sm, Gd, Pr, Nd, Dy
PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS
(1898)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Another gas
Also discovered
known ! (Table
in 1898: Er, needs
Tb, Ho, Tm, Sm, to
Gd,be
Pr, restacked)
Nd, Dy
Mendeléeff's Last Periodic Table
(1902)
Ro 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
R R2 O RO R2 O3 RO2 R2 O5 RO3 R2 O7 RO4
w
1 H
1.008
2 He Li Be B C N O F
4.0 7.03 9.1 11.0 12.0 14.0 16.0 19.0
4 0
3 Ne Na Mg Al Si P S Cl
19.9 23.0 24.3 27.0 28.4 31.0 32.0 35.4
5 6 5
4 Ar K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni
38 39.1 40.1 44.1 48.1 51.4 52.1 55.0 55.9 59 59
5 Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br
63.6 65.4 70 72.3 75 79 79.9
5
6 Kr Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Ru Rh Pd
81.8 85.4 87.6 89.0 90.6 94.0 96.0 101.7 103.0 106.5
7 Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I
107.9 112.4 114.0 119.0 120.0 127 127
8 Xe Cs Ba La Ce
128 132.9 137.4 139 140
9
10 Yb Ta W Os Ir Pt
173 183 184 191 193 194.9
11 Au Hg Tl Pb Bi
197.2 200.0 204.1 206.9 208
12 Ra Th U
224 232 239
Not included:
Er, Tb, Ho, Tm, Sm, Gd, Pr, Nd, Dy, Eu, Po, Ac, Rn
PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS
(Brauner, 1902)
Row 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
R R2 O RO R2 O3 RO2 R2 O5 RO3 R2 O7 RO4
RH4 RH3 RH2 RH
1 H
1
Brauner
2 He Li Be B C N O F
4 7 9 11 12 14 16 19
attempted to
3 Ne Na Mg Al Si P S Cl
20 23 24 27 28 31 32 35.5
find order in
4 Ar K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni
40 39 40 44 48 51 52 55 56 59 59
the higher
5 Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br
63 65 70 72 75 78 80
elements
Bohuslav Brauner 6 Kr Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Ru Rh Pd
82 85 87 89 90 94 96 100 102 103 106
Prague, Bohemia 7 Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I
108 112 114 119 120 128 127 Predicted?!
8 Xe Cs Ba La Ce Pr Nd
128 133 137 139 140 141 144 145
Sm Eu
147 148 151 152
Gd
155 156 159 160 Bauner
Tb Ho Er
163 165 166 167
Tm Yb
predicted 98
171 173 176
Ta W Os Ir Pt
elements
9
178 182 184 190 191 193 195
Au Hg Tl Pb Bi
through
10
197 200 204 207 209 212 214
Ra Th U
uranium
218 220 225 230 233 235 239
Rare earths: La, Ce, Er, Tb, Ho, Tm, Yb, Sm, Gd, Pr, Nd, Dy, Eu, Lu
This was the best guess by 1907 — but it was still not
known how many elements actually existed. . . . until. . . . .
Moseley — 1912
Henry Moseley
Oxford, England
= N -1
3
4
0
* Rare earths Ce Pr Nd Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
Bohr explained behavior of transition elements and rare-earth elements in 1922.
Hafnium was discovered in zirconium ore after Bohr's suggestion that the missing
element would behave more like zirconium than like a rare earth element.
Rhenium was discovered from platinum ores.
"Masurium" (eka-manganese) was announced but later discredited.
"Illinium" (the missing rare earth) was announced but later discredited.
Glenn Seaborg
Berkeley, California
PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS
(1940)
1A 2A 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B 8B 1B 2B 3A 4A 5A 6A 7A 8A
H He
Li Be B C N O F Ne
Na Mg 1937 Al Si P S Cl Ar
K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe
Cs Ba La* Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
Fr Ra Ac* Only one left to be discovered! 1940
* *
Lanthanides Ce Pr Nd Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
1939
* * Actinides Th Pa U
Seaborg suggested transuranium elements were a new series, akin to the rare earths.
Seaborg recommended the names "lanthanides" and "actinides" for these series.
PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS
(1948)
1A 2A 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B 8B 1B 2B 3A 4A 5A 6A 7A 8A
H He
Li Be B C N O F Ne
Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe
Cs Ba La* Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
Fr Ra Ac*
*
* Lanthanides Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
* * Actinides Th Pa U Np Pu Am