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How could Dmitri Mendeleev predict the properties of elements that had not yet been discovered?
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∙ 13y ago
He most probably predicted it. He could have analyzed the table and could have thought there are a lot more elements out there. He probably thought the scientist in his generation did not know all of the elements.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoHow was Dmitri Mendeleev able to predict the properties of unknown elements? because he was a lazy
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∙ 12y agobecause he was the only one smart back then
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∙ 11y agoBy classification in groups
Mainly all elements in a group have same properties..
Or may be he was a f****** genius O.o
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∙ 9y agoMendeleev left gaps for non- existing elements at that time. He predicted their properties according to their position in periodic table.
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∙ 12y agoIf I knew I wouldn't be asking!
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What is Dmitri Mendeleev most known for?
Dmitri Mendeleev was a Russian inventor and chemist. He is perhaps best known for his version of the periodic table. This helped him predict properties of elements which had not yet been discovered at that time.
Why did Mendeleev called his arrangement of elements the periodic table?
If the elements (which were discovered by his time) were organized in the increasing order of their atomic weight, they will exhibit an apparent periodicity of properties. It also had the ability to predict physical and chemical properties of some undiscovered elements.
Who is the inventor of the periodic table?
Dmitri Mendeleev is generally credited, as he was able to predict the properties of elements which had not yet been discovered based on 'gaps' in his table. He ordered the known elements in terms of their atomic mass in 1869; elements are listed in order of increasing atomic number in the modern version.
How could Mendeleevs table be used to predict the properties of elements that had not been discovered?
Comparing the properties of the new element with the properties of the other elements in the group we can make this prediction.
How did mendeleev make predictions about the properties of elements?
This is a very wordy response, but by setting up the Periodic Table according to elements' properties and characteristics, he was able to predict any given elements' properties because, with the way the Periodic Table is arranged, all of the elements surrounding any specific element would have similar properties to the element that they surrounded. For example, at the time there was no element known as Aluminum, but given the properties of the elements around that area (Group 13), he was able to correctly predict Aluminum's properties. When aluminum was discovered, Mendeleev's predictions were extremely close to the actual element's properties.
Was Mendeleev's periodic table accurate enough that he was able to use it to predict the existence and several properties of certain elements that had not yet been discovered?
Mendeleev was able to predict the properties of the elements that were not discovered at that time. He left gaps for these elements in his Periodic Table.
How could Mendeleev predict the properties of elements that had yet not been discovered?
He used the difference method
How did many elements did Mendeleev predict would be discovered?
3
How was Menndeleyev able to predict the existence of elements that had not yet been discovered?
Mendeleev left gaps for undiscovered elements. He predicted their properties which were found to be accurate later.
Why did Dimitri Mendeleev predict that more elements with specific properties would be discovered?
because,he predicted some possible chemical formulas of the then undiscovered elements between the elements in his periodic table. so he concluded that more elements with specific properties would be discovered.
How did Mendeleev predict the properties of silicon?
Mendeleev did not predict the properties of silicon.
What was Mendeleev able to find out for each element?
He was able to work out the atomic mass of the missing elements, and so predict their properties. And when they were discovered, Mendeleev turned out to be right. For example, he predicted the properties of an undiscovered element that should fit below aluminium in his table. When this element, called gallium, was discovered in 1875, its properties were found to be close to Mendeleev's predictions. Two other predicted elements were later discovered, lending further credit to Mendeleev's table.
What is medeleev's prediction?
It's probably Mendeleev you're after. He came up with the first version of a Periodic Table of the elements, and used this to predict the properties of elements that hadn't been discovered at that time.
Who arranged the elements by atomic mass and used it to predict properties of missing elements?
Independently by Dmitri Mendeleev and Lothar Meyer in 1869
What led Mendeleev to predict some elements had not yet been discovered?
the large gaps
What led Mendeleev to predict that some elements had not yet been discovered?
the large gaps
Who arrange the elements according to atomic mass and use the arrangement to predict the properties of missing elements?
Dmitri Mendeleev
