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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Mendeleev's "problems:" A means to engage students and teachers in the history of chemistry

Greenberg, Arthur

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/128607

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Title
Mendeleev's "problems:" A means to engage students and teachers in the history of chemistry
Author(s)
Greenberg, Arthur
Issue Date
2022-01-01
Keyword(s)
  • Chemistry
  • History
  • Mendeleev
Abstract
As others have also noted, one means of engaging students and educators with the history of chemistry is to examine the errors by great historical chemists in their contemporary context. After providing very brief biographical background as well as a brief description of the path to the periodic table, three of Mendeleev’s "problems" associated with his periodic table are described: 1) the "discrepancy" between the atomic weights of tellurium and iodine, 2) Mendeleev’s difficulties in his initial acceptance of helium and argon, and 3) his hypothesis of the "super-light" inert gas atoms comprising the celestial ether.
Publisher
Division of the History of Chemistry
ISSN
1053-4385
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
article
Language
eng
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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/128607
DOI
https://doi.org/10.70359/bhc2022v047p015
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Copyright 2022 Division of the History of Chemistry

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Bulletin for the History of Chemistry: Volume 47, Number 1, 2022 PRIMARY