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Important Questions on The Periodic Table

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What were the criteria used by Mendeleev in creating his Periodic Table?
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In Mendeleev's periodic table, gaps were left for the elements to be discovered later on. An element which found a vacant place in the periodic table later on is
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Write a short note on the position of isotopes in the Mendeleev’s and the modern periodic table.

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What were the limitations of Dobereiner’s classification?
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An element X forms an oxide X2O3. In which group of Mendeleev's periodic table is this element placed?
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Hydrogen is regarded as a rogue element in the periodic table. Elaborate.
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In Mendeleev's periodic table, gap was not left for one of the following elements. This element is:
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Name two other elements which belong to the fluorine family.
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Did Dobereiner’s triads also exist in the columns of Newlands’ Octaves? Compare and find out.
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In the classification of then known elements, Mendeleev was guided by two factors. What were the two factors?
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Besides gallium, which other elements have since been discovered that were left by Mendeleev in his Periodic Table? (any two)
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What were the limitations of Newlands’ Law of Octaves?
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Mendeleev predicted the existence of two elements and named them as Eka-Silicon and Eka-Boron.
(a) Name the elements which took over their positions.
(b) Name the groups to which these elements belong and also give their electronic configuration.
(c) Predict the valencies of these elements.
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The three imaginary elements X, Y and Z  represent a Dobereiner's triad. If the atomic mass of the element X is 14 and that of element Y is 46, then the atomic mass of element Z will be:
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Write a short note on Mendeleev’s periodic law.

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Compare and contrast the arrangement of elements in Mendeleev's Periodic Table and the Modern Periodic Table.
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Three elements A, B and C have the atomic numbers 2, 12 and 20. Which of these belong same group?
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Rearrange the columns 2 and 3 to match with the column 1.

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Describe two anomalies of Mendeleev’s periodic classification of elements.