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Mental states with the periodic table
[edit]- Understanding and appreciation of the Periodic Table should not require IKEA assembly manuals & skills
Mendeleev, 1871
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1871–
Wikipedia reader trying to understand an 18-column periodic table
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Early XXI century
Showroom Wikipedia: Featured Article
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Periodic Table, 10k visitors per day
Scerri
[edit]"I suggest that any reluctance to accept this group-ing as opposed to the more frequently seen group-ing of Sc, Y, La, and Ac (as shown in figure 5) stems entirely from a reluctance to display the periodic table in its 32-column format. If this obstacle is removed and the rare earths are taken up into the main body of the table the choice of how to do so is almost entirely in favor of a group 3 consisting by Sc, Y, Lu, and Lr." p11 and [1]