12. WHAT IS PERIODIC TABLE ?
• The periodic table is a tabular array of the chemical
elements organized by atomic number, from the element
with the lowest atomic number, hydrogen, to the element with
the highest atomic number, oganesson. The atomic number
of an element is the number of protons in the nucleus of an
atom of that element.
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14. COULD THE PERIODIC TABLE BE ARRANGED
DIFFERENTLY?
• Yes, Periodic table can be arranged in various ways At first, the
elements were organised by atomic weight Now we order them by the
number of protons in their nucleus. We also know that their properties
are largely determined by the arrangement of the negatively
charged electrons that orbit in successive shells around the nucleus.
Before in time the there were many people how arangged many
different ways