Arrangement of

Elements in the
Periodic Table
 The periodic table serves as a
repository of information of more
than a hundred elements. The
arrangement of the elements in the
periodic table had gone through
several modifications as more
information about each element were
found out.
Early Attempts to
Arrange Elements
 Early Attempts to Arrange
Elements
The very first version of the periodic
table was developed in the 19th
century. In 1869, Julius Lothar
Meyer and Dmitry Mendeleev –
separately proposed the arrangement
of elements based on increasing
atomic masses.
Early Attempts to Arrange
Elements
Julius Lothar Meyer Dmitry Mendeleev
Early Attempts to Arrange
Elements
 Early Attempts to Arrange
Elements
Henry Gwyn
Jeffreys Moseley
realized that aside
from atomic mass,
atomic number is
another property
that supports
periodicity.
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Elements
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Table
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The rows or
horizontal
arrangement in the
table are knows as
periods or series.
These rows are
numbered with
Arabic numerals
from 1 to 7 for easy
identification.
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The columns or vertical arrangement

refers to the families or groups.
Similar to periods, each group is also
assigned with numbers through
several ways.
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Applied Chemistry
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The A group elements are classified

as representative or main group
elements; The B group elements are
called transition elements. The
elements in two long rows at the
lower section of the table are known
as the inner transition elements.
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• The inner transition elements are further
classified based on the first element in
the row.
• Elements with atomic numbers 58 to 71
are called lanthanide elements because
they follow lanthanum.
• Elements with atomic numbers 90 to 103
are called actinide elements since they
follow actinium.
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Lanthanoids
Actinoids
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Groups Names
1A Alkali metals
2A Alkaline Earth Metals
3A Boron group
4A Carbon group
5A Nitrogen group
6A Oxygen group
7A Halogens
8A Noble Gases