HISTORY OF THE PERIODIC TABLE (PT)

 Dmitri Mendeleev arranged the first periodic

table in 1872.
 At this time there were only about 70 known
elements.
 He arranged them in order of increasing atomic mass
and according to similar properties of elements.
SKETCH OF FIRST DRAFT OF PERIODIC
TABLE
HENRY MOSELEY
 In 1913, Henry Moseley discovered atomic number and
arranged the PT accordingly.

 Based on this discovery, the re-arranged the table

according to increasing atomic number.

 This arrangement of the periodic table had fewer

inconsistencies and therefore is still used today.
THE MODERN PERIODIC TABLE
 Periodic Law – “Physical & chemical properties of the
elements are periodic functions of their atomic number.”
 Element properties show a repeated pattern when they are
arranged in order of increasing atomic number (number of
protons). This allows us to identify trends in the periodic table.
GROUPS & PERIODS