Question 1 • Reed Fall 2026 Physical Science 2nd Semester (7th Hour)
Mendeleev arranged the known elements into a systematic table, leaving gaps where the pattern suggested elements had not yet been discovered. He used those patterns to predict the properties of the missing elements. He arranged elements mainly by atomic mass, not atomic number, and he did not account for isotopes, which were identified later.
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