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    • A very simplified periodic table.
    Rights: The University of Waikato Published 17 September 2009 Size: 17 KB Referencing Hub media

    The periodic table of the elements arranges the elements in order of atomic number so that elements with similar properties are grouped together. Most are metals.

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      Development of the periodic table

      Although elements such as gold, silver, tin, copper, lead and mercury have been known since earliest times, the first scientific discovery of an element occurred around 1669. Hennig Brand, a ...

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