An alternative periodic table of elements focusing on highly charged ions reveals new science that could support the quest ...

The periodic table can be read across from left to ... Melting points are a physical property of an element. The first Group 1 element, lithium, has the highest melting point at 180°C.

The periodic table’s arrangement also allows scientists to discern trends in element properties, including electronegativity, ionization energy, and atomic radius. Many scientists worked on the ...

This year we celebrate the 150 th anniversary of Mendeleev’s achievement in formulating the structure of the periodic table that we use today. He announced his structure in 1869, but the challenge of ...

The Periodic Table is an amazing chemistry tool that is organized with elements in order of increasing atomic number. The properties of the element change as you move across the row, but are similar ...

Group 7 of the periodic table is something of an oddity. When the first periodic table was formulated by Mendeleev, it was the only group that contained just a single known element — manganese ...

But how many of these elements do you know? Test your knowledge and compete with other Live Science readers to see who can ...