Hello. I am writing to tell you that you are completely wrong to say that Dmitri Mendeleev is crazy and that he should be shut down. For he is about to make a discovery that could change the face of chemistry. I predict that it will be a very big discovery and will be taught all over the earth. I have constructed the following letter to show and explain to you why he should not be shut down and his work is accurate.
First off Dmitri Mendeleev is not the only great scientist to ever think this. Not saying that he is copying other scientist, but it is truly a matter that was not made up. In the article History of the periodic table by Royal Society of Chemistry, in 1865 John Newlands also arranged the elements. He arranged the 62 known elements by atomic mass into 8 columns just like Mendeleev. He did produce some misalignment's, but he also predated Mendeleev's newer prediction of the element in between Silicon and Tin. But then Newlands did not make his table so that it could hold the other elements like Mendeleev is doing. He also did not find an order that went beyond his data like Mendeleev is now doing. Not only but the article History of the periodic table by Royal Society of Chemistry, in 1829 German Chemist Johann Döbereiner published the Law of Triads. This was the concept that elements could be grouped into groups of three based on the things that they had in common. This concept is now still being studied by many of scientists including Mendeleev as they try to find a way that the elements can be grouped that is more then 3.
Second this periodic table is no laughing stock. It according to the video The Discovery of the Periodic Table story of Dmitri Mendeleev by Jessica Henry and the Articles History of the periodic table by Royal Society of Chemistry and Inventors and Scientists: Dmitri Mendeleev by Michelle Feder, Dmitri Mendeleev is organizing the elements in a certain way. This is a way that could prove to help the future of elements discoveries and what people think if when they hear science. Here are a few examples. In the video The Discovery of the Periodic Table story of Dmitri Mendeleev by Jessica Henry it says that " His first table was compiled around the idea that he could organize the elements by atomic weight the number of protons and neutrons" In the article Inventors and Scientists: Dmitri Mendeleev by Michelle Feder, it says that "Mendeleev was said to have been inspired by the card game known as Solitaire. In the game,cards are arranged both by suit, horizontally, and by number, vertically." It also says that "Mendeleev made up a set of cards. Each represented one of the 63 elements known at the time... He arranged and rearranged the cards in various orders constantly.... While arranging these cards of atomic data, Mendeleev discovered what is called the Periodic Law. Mendeleev arranged the elements in order of increasing atomic mass...Finally, he noticed some gaps in the order of atomic mass" That shows that he has actually found real connections between the elements which is also very important. In the article History of the periodic table by Royal Society of Chemistry it says that "This table consisted of about half of the known elements listed in order of their atomic weight and demonstrated periodic changes as a function of atomic mass."
Some people ask me "Well what properties is Dmitri Mendeleev looking at?" Well the answer to that would be Atomic Mass, Atomic Weight, Patterns in increasing atomic weight/mass and the similar ways the act or react. So basically all of the atoms properties which would mean he would get very accurate. Another question people ask me is "Does Size Matter?". Well I would actually say yes, seeing as atomic mass and atomic weight is how many protons and neutrons there are in the atom or element which is technically size. The last main question I get asked would be "Does atomic mass matter?". One Hundred percent, Dmitri Mendeleev is organizing the elements by atomic weight and increasing atomic mass so how could it not matter. It says in the two articles and in the one video that he is organizing the by atomic mass and weight so it definitely does matter. The answers to these questions should show you just how accurate Dmitri Mendeleev is being.
Dmitri Mendeleev is try to get as accurate as possible so that not only he gets a way to organize the elements when he works but so that he can give chemists and scientist all across the globe a accurate lead to discovering elements that might still be out there. Mendeleev is looking at many of the properties of the elements so that he makes sure that they are placed correctly. Dmitri Mendeleev is so close to making a discovery that would change so much about chemistry and would help those studying it today with studying it. I hope that this is enough information to help you with you suspicions about how his work does not make sense and he should be shut down.
Sincerely,
Jane
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