Combined Science GCSE
law of octaves
What law of octaves means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of law of octaves
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Newlands arranged elements in order of atomic weight and proposed a repeating pattern, but his ideas were not widely accepted because the pattern did not hold for all elements.
Topics that use law of octaves
- Development of the periodic table (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Atomic number
- atomic weight
- Development of the periodic table
- Inappropriate groups
- Isotopes
- Mendeleev's periodic table
- Mendeleev's table
- Patterns in the periodic table
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