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Question
State the merits of Mendeleev's classification of elements.
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Solution
Merits of Mendeleev's classification of elements:
- Grouping of elements
- Gaps for undiscovered elements: Mendeleev left some gaps in his periodic table for subsequent inclusion of elements not known at that time.
- He predicted the properties of the then-unknown elements on the basis of properties of elements lying adjacent to the vacant slots (eka-aluminum and eka-silicon).
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In Mendeleev's periodic table, gaps were left for the elements to be discovered later on. An element which found a vacant place in the periodic table later on is:
(a) Be
(b) Si
(c) Ge
(d) Se
Find the correlation:
Two elements in the same position : demerit of Newland's octaves : : place for Isotopes : ______
Match the columns.
| Column A | Column B |
| 1) Eka-aluminium | a) Scandium |
| 2) Eka-Silicon | b) Gallium |
| 3) Eka-boron | c) Germanium |
| d) Beryllium |
Match the columns.
| Column A | Column B |
| 1) Triads | a) Mendeleev |
| 2) Octave | b) Dobereiner |
| 3) Atomic number | c) Thomson |
| 4) Atomic mass number | d) Moseley |
| e) Newland |
Match the column:
| Column ‘A’ | Column ‘B’ |
| Alkali metals | (a) Group 18 |
| Halogens | (b) Group 1 |
| Noble gases | (c) Group 17 |
