College of Arts and Sciences Chemistry & Biochemistry Department Alternative Periodic Tables Emily Peng Introduction Modern (cont.) Najderek Chemical Galaxy II Over 200 years since the creation of the • It can be utilized to find out how many periodic system, it would not be surprising to protons, electrons, and neutrons are in an see more variations or completely different atom of an element versions of the periodic table. Some examples • The placement of each element on the of these innovative ways people thought of to periodic table can also serve as a hint in organize the elements are featured and finding out the electronegativity, number of evaluated on this poster. Of course, these are valence electrons, number of orbitals, or only a small sum of a vast number of even the size of an atom of an element alternative periodic tables out here today. • All of this information can be used to
discover the type of bond each element has
the ability to form and its chemical behavior Mendeleev • The Najderek could incorporate as many • Periodic tables can be color coded to define new elements or periods as scientists go on the classification of each element Mendeleev is to discover without making any major • Meant to be used alongside the periodic known as the revisions to it (adaptable) table to trigger the creative minds and father of the Mayan • Identification of the electron orbitals can be imaginations of chemists periodic table made by looking at the color codes (block) • The spiral shape allows no room for because he is the • The elements are and label (sub level) given to that element interruptions first to organize the ordered according • Follows the theoretical principles that go • Elements that share similar chemical elements in a to its electron successful and along with quantum chemistry properties are lined up together in curved shells (concentric spokes which the creator argues is an easier acceptable manner circles) • Fully integrates the Lanthanides and by the scientific Actinides without making a separate way to memorize the elements • The reactivity of community. footnote for these elements • Various colors, fonts, and rings are each element can equivalent to certain aspects of an element be easily • Elements with similar properties are grouped identified and Janet Form together in columns compared References • The elements are organized by their atomic • The proportion of mass "Dmitri Mendeleev." History of the Periodic Table. Royal Society of Chemistry, n.d. Web. 03 Oct. 2013. compounds can
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looking at the „hops‟ that an element must Mendeleev's Periodic Table. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Oct. 2013. Modern
one from the right. The number of hops an Najderek, Pawel. "Chemistry: New Periodic Table of The Elements." The New Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements. Bydgoszcz, 2008. Web. 03 Oct. 2013.
takes, since one is gaining an electron and one "Periodic Table." Periodic Table. WKU, n.d. Web. 03 Oct. 2013.
is losing one” (Fincher) Stewart, Phillip. "Background." Background. N.p., 2006. Web. 03 Oct. 2013.
sometimes be filled before their inner • It is easy to recreate since it only Wenczek, Carl. Chemical Galaxy II. Digital image. Born Digital Ltd, n.d. Web. 3 Oct. 2013. • Elements are no longer ordered by atomic