in ascending order by atomic number (number of protons) of an atom of a particular element.
previously, the Periodic Table had elements ordered by atomic mass.
1869 by Mendeleev
Mendeleev realized that the physical and chemical properties of elements were related to their atomic mass in a 'periodic' way, andarrangedthem so that groups of elements with similar properties fell into vertical columns in his table.
I know that there are over a hundred but you can't always say because when more elements are discovered they are put on the periodic table on the standard table there are 118,
Gadolinium is in the middle of the lanthanide sequence on the periodic table. (The lanthanide sequence is the skinny part at the bottom that, in some periodic tables, is put off to the side.)
Water and chlorine.
So people know!
The Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev was the first scientist to make a periodic table similar to the one used today.
It took many years to discover these elements. Hundreds of thousands worked and arranged the Periodic Table of Elements.The basic design of the periodic table was thought up by Dmitri Mendeleev. It was his idea to arrange the elements according to atomic mass (because this gave repeating patterns of properties). Later it was discovered that atomic charge was what was really important. Eventually the gaps Mendeleev left were filled in by the discovery of more elements, so while many scientist contributed to the modern periodic table Mendeleev is considered to have invented it.
Dmitri Mendeleev, a Russian scientist of the 19th century, is credited with organizing the periodic table the way we know it today. We have made minor changes to his arrangement over the years (and added a bunch more elements!) but the way he put it together still works.
The greek prefix for water is "Hydro". Knowing this, put the two together, fudge the pronunciation, and..... HYDROGEN (H2)
Atomic Number
becuz its an element and thats what the tables made for