Chemistry GCSE
Discovery of new elements
What Discovery of new elements means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Chemists found new elements whose measured properties closely resembled the values Mendeleev had forecast from the surrounding groups.
Topics that use Discovery of new elements
- Development of the periodic table (AQA GCSE)
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