Periodic table
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Arranges elements by increasing atomic number, so elements in the same group have the same number of outer-shell electrons and therefore similar chemical properties.
A table of elements arranged in order of atomic (proton) number so that elements with similar properties are in columns.
The arrangement of elements in order of increasing atomic number.
Topics that use Periodic table
- Atoms, elements and compounds (AQA GCSE)
- The periodic table (AQA GCSE)
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