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He could predict other elements because there was an obvious gap, but he couldn't predict the noble gases because he didn't realize that there was going to be an 18th group since none of them were yet discovered. When he first started organizing the periodic table, the pattern still made sense even without the noble gases.

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Because noble gases were not discovered when Mendeleev formulated his Periodic Table

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Because noble gases were not discovered when Mendeleev formulated his periodic table in 1869.

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Because noble gases were not discovered when Mendeleev proposed his periodic table

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because noble gases were not discovered when Mendeleev proposed his periodic table

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Noble gases were not discovered when Mendeleev proposed his periodic table

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They werent yet discovered.

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bc their existence wasnt know yet

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