For example, oxygen is O.Others aren’t as straightforward. For example, the element symbol for iron is Fe, from the latin word ferrum for iron. On the periodic table, metals are found on the ...

The periodic table of chemical elements, often called the periodic table, organizes all discovered chemical elements in rows (called periods) and columns (called groups) according to increasing atomic ...

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Mendeleev’s Periodic Table of Chemical Elements in 1869. In celebration, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural ...

This includes the most recently announced element of all, element 117 that was synthesised in April 2010. This podcast is about one of these elements, number 107 in the periodic table, called bohrium.

The periodic table of elements (often known simply as the periodic table) has been helping scientists with their work for a little over 150 years. The handy visual reference guide organizes known ...

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 ...

Electronegativity, an essential characteristic of all elements in the periodic table, measures an atom's ability to attract electrons towards itself within a chemical bond. This vital theoretical ...

The periodic table organizes chemical elements based on atomic weight, electron configurations, and chemical properties, ...