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The Flyleaf Table: An Alternative

Philip J. Stewart

Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RB, United Kingdom

J. Chem. Educ., 2008, 85 (11), p 1490

DOI: 10.1021/ed085p1490

Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2008

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History, Education, and Documentation

Abstract

In their consideration of three ways of treating the f-block elements in the standard periodic table, Clark and White opt to footnote a set 15-elements-wide, including both La and Lu, Ac, and Lr. Their only grounds seem to be that this is what IUPAC chose in 2005, but that decision sounds like an attempt to please everyone, which in the end will please no one.

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High School / Introductory Chemistry

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Inorganic Chemistry

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Periodicity / Periodic Table

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