Combined Science GCSE
Development of the periodic table
What Development of the periodic table means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Mendeleev improved on earlier periodic tables by prioritising chemical and physical properties over strict atomic weight order.
Topics that use Development of the periodic table
- Development of the periodic table (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Atomic number
- atomic weight
- Inappropriate groups
- Isotopes
- law of octaves
- Mendeleev's periodic table
- Mendeleev's table
- Patterns in the periodic table
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