The Periodic

Table of the
Elements
J.W. Dobereiner first
attempted to put
together a system
for classifying the
elements in 1827.
He used the idea of
the triad.
 Dobereiners Triads
Element Atomic Density
Mass Average Average
Cl 35.5 1.56
Br 79.9 81.2 3.12 3.25
I 126.9 4.95
Ca 40.1 1.55
Sr 87.6 88.7 2.6 2.53
Ba 137.3 3.5
Note: In each case, the numerical values for the atomic mass
and density of the middle element are close to the averages of
the other two elements
 John Newlands
Presented the idea
of the octave in
chemistry back in
1863. Was laughed
out of the building.

He was able to have the last laugh, however.

He was awarded the Davy Medal in 1887 for
his work after Mendeleevs table was
accepted and his ideas acknowledged.
 Robert
Bunsen
Burner
Lothar Dmitri
Meyer Mendeleev
Mendeleev is credited with creating the modern
periodic table of the elements. He gets the
credit because he not only arranged the atoms,
but he made predictions based on his
arrangement which were shown to be quite
accurate.
Here is another link
http://chemlab.pc.maricopa.edu/periodic/giguere.html
Trends Within
the

Periodic
Table