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The Periodic Table: Facts or Committees?

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William B. Jensen

Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0172

J. Chem. Educ., 2008, 85 (11), p 1491

DOI: 10.1021/ed085p1491.2

Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2008

Section:

History, Education, and Documentation

Abstract

I would like to offer two observations relative to the recent letter of Clark and White on the representation of the f-block elements in the periodic table that relate to some disturbing trends in the attitudes of the chemical community towards the nature and use of the periodic table—attitudes that are implicit, though perhaps not intentionally so, in their letter.

Keywords (Audience):

High School / Introductory Chemistry

Keywords (Domain):

Inorganic Chemistry

Keywords (Feature):

Letters

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Communication / Writing

Keywords (Subject):

Periodicity / Periodic Table

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Michael Laing
Journal of Chemical Education2009 86 (10), 1189
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  Michael Laing
  Journal of Chemical Education2009 86 (10), 1189
  Commentary on interesting aspects of a periodic table published in 1954.
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Misapplying the Periodic Law
William B. Jensen
Journal of Chemical Education2009 86 (10), 1186
- Misapplying the Periodic Law
  William B. Jensen
  Journal of Chemical Education2009 86 (10), 1186
  The author comments on a recent recommendation for modifying the placement of La and Ac in the periodic table, feeling that it is based on inconsistent reasoning and contains a serious distortion of the contents of an earlier article dealing with this ...
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