Who was the discoverer of the Periodic Table?
(8 February 1834 – 2 February 1907)
The discoverer of the Periodic Table was a Russian man called Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (pictured at the left.). Mendeleev's interest in finding the smallest possible article led to the discovery of 63 elements that he arranged in the Periodic Table. He was able to arrange the 63 known elements into a Table based on similarities in their proprerties.
Mendeleev's first Periodic Table was organized by ascending order and atomic weight.
7 Fast Facts about Dmitri Mendeleev:
1: Mendeleev was born in Tobolsk, Siberia in 1834.
2: He died in 1907 at the age of 72 due to old age.
3: He was a professor of chemistry at St Petersburg University from 1867
4: After Mendeleev graduated, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis
5: His daughter's name is Lyubov
6: The Element 101 Md (mendelevium) was named after him.
7: He married Anna Popova in 1882.
Mendeleev's first Periodic Table was organized by ascending order and atomic weight.
7 Fast Facts about Dmitri Mendeleev:
1: Mendeleev was born in Tobolsk, Siberia in 1834.
2: He died in 1907 at the age of 72 due to old age.
3: He was a professor of chemistry at St Petersburg University from 1867
4: After Mendeleev graduated, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis
5: His daughter's name is Lyubov
6: The Element 101 Md (mendelevium) was named after him.
7: He married Anna Popova in 1882.
Why do we have the Periodic Table?
We have the Periodic Table because is it important to show that all of the elements cannot be broken down any further by chemical methods.
The Periodic Table puts all of the information about nature's elements at our fingertips in an organised and efficient way.
The Periodic Table puts all of the information about nature's elements at our fingertips in an organised and efficient way.