18 July Science: What is the Periodic Table?
Hello! Afetr a week of polls, we have seen a result never seen before in sciencefordummies history - a landslide win of TWO thirds of the whole voters, and the one that won? "What is the Periodic Table?". At its simplest, is a sorted list that sorts elements. However, it is much more complex than that. First, what is an element in chemistry? An element is a chemical substance of one atom that cannot be broken down further. An atom is a basic body of matter with protons, neutrons, and electrons. An element is a type of atom acoording to how much protons, neutrons and electrons. There are one hundred and eighteen discovered elements in the periodic table. How does the periodic table sorts elements? It increases in number, acoording to the number of protons. There are also groups of different elements yet with some similar attributes. An example of an element is oxygen (8). The Periodic Table has gotten many expansions throughout history, as many new elements has been found. T...