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WhichimportantpropertydidMendeleev use toclasify the elements in hisperiodictableand didhe stick tothat ?

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SOLUTION :Mendeleevusedatomicweightas thebasisof classification ofelementsin theperiodictable. He arrangedthe thenknownelementsin ORDEROF increasingatomicweigths groupingtogetherelements notknownat THATTIME. Forexamplethe ELEMENT galliumafteraluminiumandgermanium aftersilicon werenot known at thetimeMendeleevpreparedhisperiodictable. He calledtheseelementsas EKA- aluminium and ekasilicon. Latertheseelementswerediscoveredand theirpropertieswerefound to besimilarto thosepredictedby Mendeleev.


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