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Moseley showed that there were gaps in the atomic number sequence at numbers
43, 61, 72, and 75. These spaces are now known, respectively, to be the places of the radioactive
synthetic elements technetium and promethium, and also the last two quite rare naturally-
occurring stable elements hafnium (discovered 1923) and rhenium (discovered 1925). Nothing
about these four elements was known of in Moseley's lifetime, not even their very existence.
Based on the intuition of a very experienced chemist, Dimitri Mendeleev had predicted the
existence of a missing element in the Periodic Table, which was later found to be filled by
technetium, and Bohuslav Brauner had predicted the existence of another missing element in this
Table, which was later found to be filled by promethium. Henry Moseley's experiments
confirmed these predictions, by showing exactly what the missing atomic numbers were, 43 and
61. In addition, Moseley predicted the two more undiscovered elements, those with the atomic
numbers 72 and 75, and he gave very strong evidence that there were no other gaps in the
Periodic Table between the elements aluminium (atomic number 13) and gold (atomic number
79).
Solution
Moseley showed that there were gaps in the atomic number sequence at numbers
43, 61, 72, and 75. These spaces are now known, respectively, to be the places of the radioactive
synthetic elements technetium and promethium, and also the last two quite rare naturally-
occurring stable elements hafnium (discovered 1923) and rhenium (discovered 1925). Nothing
about these four elements was known of in Moseley's lifetime, not even their very existence.
Based on the intuition of a very experienced chemist, Dimitri Mendeleev had predicted the
existence of a missing element in the Periodic Table, which was later found to be filled by
technetium, and Bohuslav Brauner had predicted the existence of another missing element in this
Table, which was later found to be filled by promethium. Henry Moseley's experiments
confirmed these predictions, by showing exactly what the missing atomic numbers were, 43 and
61. In addition, Moseley predicted the two more undiscovered elements, those with the atomic
numbers 72 and 75, and he gave very strong evidence that there were no other gaps in the
Periodic Table between the elements aluminium (atomic number 13) and gold (atomic number
79).

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  • 1. Moseley showed that there were gaps in the atomic number sequence at numbers 43, 61, 72, and 75. These spaces are now known, respectively, to be the places of the radioactive synthetic elements technetium and promethium, and also the last two quite rare naturally- occurring stable elements hafnium (discovered 1923) and rhenium (discovered 1925). Nothing about these four elements was known of in Moseley's lifetime, not even their very existence. Based on the intuition of a very experienced chemist, Dimitri Mendeleev had predicted the existence of a missing element in the Periodic Table, which was later found to be filled by technetium, and Bohuslav Brauner had predicted the existence of another missing element in this Table, which was later found to be filled by promethium. Henry Moseley's experiments confirmed these predictions, by showing exactly what the missing atomic numbers were, 43 and 61. In addition, Moseley predicted the two more undiscovered elements, those with the atomic numbers 72 and 75, and he gave very strong evidence that there were no other gaps in the Periodic Table between the elements aluminium (atomic number 13) and gold (atomic number 79). Solution Moseley showed that there were gaps in the atomic number sequence at numbers 43, 61, 72, and 75. These spaces are now known, respectively, to be the places of the radioactive synthetic elements technetium and promethium, and also the last two quite rare naturally- occurring stable elements hafnium (discovered 1923) and rhenium (discovered 1925). Nothing about these four elements was known of in Moseley's lifetime, not even their very existence. Based on the intuition of a very experienced chemist, Dimitri Mendeleev had predicted the existence of a missing element in the Periodic Table, which was later found to be filled by technetium, and Bohuslav Brauner had predicted the existence of another missing element in this Table, which was later found to be filled by promethium. Henry Moseley's experiments confirmed these predictions, by showing exactly what the missing atomic numbers were, 43 and 61. In addition, Moseley predicted the two more undiscovered elements, those with the atomic numbers 72 and 75, and he gave very strong evidence that there were no other gaps in the Periodic Table between the elements aluminium (atomic number 13) and gold (atomic number 79).