Question
Chemistry Question on trends in periodic table
The periodic table of today owes its development to two chemists namely
A
Rutherford and Moseley
B
Alexander Newlands and Dobereiner
C
Dmitri Mendeleev and Lothar Meyer
D
de Broglie and Neil Bohr.
Answer
Dmitri Mendeleev and Lothar Meyer
Explanation
Solution
The periodic table of today owes its development to two chemists namely the Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev and the German chemist J. Lother Meyer. In 1869, they independently proposed that when the elements are arranged in the increasing order of their atomic weights, similarities in physical and chemical properties appear at regular intervals.