John Newlands
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- John Newlands
- Newlands arranged the known elements into a table in order of relative atomic mass
- When he did this, he found that each element was similar to the element eight places further on
- For example, starting at Li, Be is the second element, B is the third and Na is the eighth element
- He named this the 'Law of Octaves'
- For example, starting at Li, Be is the second element, B is the third and Na is the eighth element
- When he did this, he found that each element was similar to the element eight places further on
- Newlands' table showed a repeating or periodic pattern of properties, which is what scientists had been looking for
- However his theory had many problems, for example, he put iron in the same group as oxygen and sulphur, which are two non-metals
- Because of this, many scientists thought his ideas were ridiculous
- However his theory had many problems, for example, he put iron in the same group as oxygen and sulphur, which are two non-metals
- When Newlands presented his ideas, scientists thought he was crazy. Professor Foster claimed he may as well have put them in alphabetical order
- Newlands arranged the known elements into a table in order of relative atomic mass
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