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Periods
The period of an element signifies the highest energy level an
electron in that element occupies in an unexcited state. Generally, within a given period, the chemical activity of
metals increases with the group number , while the chemical
activity of non-metals within a given period decreases with the
group number.
Dimitri Mendeleev
and the first Periodic Table
Dimitri
Mendeleev was born on February 7th 1834 in Tobolsk, a Town in Siberia.
In 1869 at the age of 35 the famous Russian Scientist perceived a
totally new classification Method "the periodic table", he
included all the 65 elements
known in his time by their atomic weights and chemical valency.
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