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Multiple choice chemistry periodic table development of the modern periodic table into the history mendeleef's periodic table

In Lother Meyer's curve most electronegative elements or halogens occupied ___________________.

  1. Peaks.

  2. Ascending positions.

  3. Descending positions.

  4. Halogens were not shown.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

According to this if the atomic weights were plotted as ordinates and the atomic volumes as abscissae-the curve obtained a series of maxima and minima-the most electropositive elements appearing at the peaks of the curve in order of their atomic weights and the electronegative element at the ascending positions.

Multiple choice chemistry periodic table development of the modern periodic table into the history mendeleef's periodic table

The periodic table of today owes its development to two chemists namely:

  1. Rutherford and Moseley

  2. Alexander Newlands and Dobereiner

  3. Dmitri Mendeleev and Lothar Meyer

  4. de Broglie and Neil Bohr
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

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.

Multiple choice chemistry periodic table development of the modern periodic table into the history mendeleef's periodic table

Which prediction(s) is/are incorrect according to the Lother Meyer's curve?

  1. Each peak of the curve is occupied by the alkali metals

  2. Alkaline earth metals occupy ascending positions of curve

  3. Atomic volume increases first and then decreases in a period (which is defined later) in Lother Meyer's curve

  4. Identically placed elements in the atomic volume vs atomic mass curve occur in the same period in the periodic table
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B,C,D Correct answer
Explanation

Lothar Meyer - Meyers Curve:

1.Plotted the atomic volumes of the elements against the atomic weight, and found that the chemical properties of the element recur periodically.

2.Also notice that the elements occupying the corresponding position of the curve show similar chemical properties.

If we see the atomic mass versus atomic volume curve, we will notice the following features:

i)Alkali metals such as $Na, K, Rb$ which have similar properties occur as peaks of the curve.

ii) Halogen elements like $F, Cl, Br$ which have similar properties occur at the rising or the ascending part of the curve.

iii) Noble gasses such as $Ne, Ar, Kr$ which have similar properties occur just before the alkali elements.

So option A is correct, B,C & D are incorrect.

Hence options B,C & D are correct.