Universal Periodic System of the Elements Very detailed information of individual elements, select from table Showing crystalline form, is in a zip file here _ Shell 7, s orbital - Francium, Radium ( Fr, Ra )Ī scan of a periodic chart from 1979 crammed with element property data also Shell 6, p orbital - Thallium -> Radon ( Tl, Pb, Bi, Po, At, Rn ) Shell 5, d orbital - Hafnium -> Mercury ( Hf, Ta, W, Re, Os, Ir, Pt, Au, Hg ) Shell 4, f orbital - Cerium -> Lutecium ( Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu ) Shell 6, s orbital - Cesium, Barium ( Cs, Ba ) Until Radon, continuing with period 7 ending with the first member of the Actinides, The Mendelevian sequenceīegining with period 6 through the Lanthanides back to period 6 transition metals This arrangement shows that the progression of successive electrons is not straightįorward with regard to placement within the atoms. Memebers run diagonally from upper left to lower right Indicates the complete full orbitals for those shells. Everything to the left and above the elements position Most everyone who has considered arrangingĮlements in tabular form has pondered what layout best serves the purpose.īelow is a table I once made to determine the electronic shell and orbital structure A table is useful only to the extent that it provides easy Mendelevian grouping is only one possible organizational scheme, regardless of Then again, I could say the same about having connected Hydrogen to any column at all Which one is most similar to the transition metals.īut, since I'm not an expert on any of this, connecting Sc and Y to the f-Block may have been a big goof. I actually had thought of connecting aluminum to the d-Block, but it was kind of a toss-up between aluminum and magnesium, with some uncertainty as to It certainly would add to the aesthetic continuity. So, maybe I should have connected all of the g-Block metals to Actinium. The f-Block elements being so similar that even Nature had trouble telling them apart. Well, and there was also Oliver Sachs, who wrote in "Uncle Tungsten" about I was also basing this on what my 8th grade science teacher said (over 12 years ago) that "the lanthanides andĪctinides are so similar that they almost belong in the same square. I connected Sc and Y to the lanthanoids and actinoids because of having read that the properties of Sc and Y were very similar to the properties of Incidentially, shouldn't Sc and Y be orange, and if Y is linked to the lanthanides, shouldn't Ac be linked to the g block top row and Al to the d Putting that into an elegant, possibly curved structure, Idunno, you're the artist, I'm just the critic. Intuitive structure of the periodic table may not be possible (quantum isn't intuitive), but a piecewise geometric structure could still be made based The tight curvature of H connecting with Li, He and F is quicklyĬontrasted by the dramatic widening caused by the d block (look how long the Be-B and Mg-Al edges are!), to say nothing of the f and g blocks. Quantum numbers obfuscate any effort to produce a continuously curved mesh. Images should never be over 700 pixels wide. Well, it's just a rough draft, but any thoughts or suggestions? Labeling the periods, a key to the color code, etc.) The final draft will have nice curves instead of jagged lines, and include info to actually make it meaningful. I'm calling this draft a "periodic spiderweb" Not because i have any delusions of making a "better" table, just a prettier one. I ask all of this because I've been working on an alternative table for purely artistic reasons, that is, I'm making one for its aesthetic value, and I wonder also what are some thoughts on the "standard" periodic table. I've seen a couple (spirals, 3d billboard-likeĬonstructions, hexagonal arrangements, etc) I was just wondering what thoughts all of you here might have on alternative periodic tables. Location: DarkCity, Bay of Rainbows, Moon
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