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Question

Whose Periodic Law was modified and adopted the Atomic number as the basis of Modern Periodic Table? 

The correct answer is
Dmitri Mendeleev

Periodic Law Modification and Atomic Number

Dmitri Mendeleev played a crucial role in developing the periodic system. His initial periodic law was based on arranging elements according to their increasing atomic masses.

  • Mendeleev's Periodic Law: The properties of elements are a periodic function of their atomic masses.
  • Basis: Atomic Mass

Subsequent scientific discoveries, particularly Henry Moseley's work in the early 20th century, demonstrated that the atomic number (number of protons in the nucleus) is the more fundamental property that governs an element's behavior.

This led to the modification of Mendeleev's original law. The Modern Periodic Law is based on atomic number, establishing the structure of the current periodic table. Because Mendeleev's original concept was the foundation that was later revised and adopted using atomic number, his work is linked to this modification for the Modern Periodic Table.

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Important Questions from Periodic Table

  1. Which of the following elements has the largest atomic radius?
  2. Which of the following elements belongs to the s-block of the periodic table?
  3. In accordance with the Modern Periodic Law, the characteristics of elements are periodic functions of their:
  4. Mendeleev left a gap under aluminium and named the predicted element as ________.
  5. The heaviest element known up till January 2015 has the atomic number :

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