Combined Science GCSE
Mendeleev's table
What Mendeleev's table means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Mendeleev's table
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Elements were arranged mainly by atomic weight, with gaps left for undiscovered elements and properties predicted for those gaps.
Topics that use Mendeleev's table
- Development of the periodic table (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Atomic number
- atomic weight
- Development of the periodic table
- Inappropriate groups
- Isotopes
- law of octaves
- Mendeleev's periodic table
- Patterns in the periodic table
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