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

Greenberg, Arthur

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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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