The first section of Mendeleev's book dealt with just eight of the known elements — carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, chlorine, fluorine, bromine and iodine — and those two strategies worked ...

First established in 1869, the periodic table quickly took the scientific world by storm as a means of properly organizing elements. Beyond being a helpful learning tool, the periodic table ...

Discoveries at the edge of the periodic table: First ever measurements of einsteinium Experiments scientists on this highly radioactive element reveal some unexpected properties Date: February 6 ...

This part of the periodic table was the playground of Glenn Seaborg, an American physicist. In 1940 Seaborg was part of a group at the University of California, Berkeley, that made neptunium (93).