Lothar Meyer periodic table

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The Lothar Meyer periodic table is an early arrangement of the chemical elements, independently developed by German chemist Lothar Meyer around the same time as Mendeleev’s system, that organized elements by atomic weight and highlighted periodic trends in their properties.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical scientific model
periodic table
appliesTo elements
approximateDateOfDevelopment 1860s
basedOn atomic weight
comparedWith Mendeleev periodic table
contemporaryWith Mendeleev periodic table
coreIdea periodicity of elemental properties
relationship between atomic weight and properties
countryOfOrigin Germany
creatorName Lothar Meyer
surface form: Julius Lothar Meyer
creatorOccupation chemist
describes chemical elements
developer Lothar Meyer
differsFrom Mendeleev periodic table in predictive use of gaps
field chemistry
physical chemistry
firstPublishedIn Die modernen Theorien der Chemie
hasVisualizationForm graph of atomic volume vs atomic weight
table
historicalSignificance early quantitative support for periodic law
helped establish periodic classification of elements
independentlyDevelopedFrom Mendeleev periodic table
influencedBy earlier element classifications
languageOfFirstPublication German
laterSupersededBy modern periodic table based on atomic number
notableFeature arranged elements in order of increasing atomic weight
grouped elements with similar chemical properties
highlighted periodic trends in atomic volume
used graphical plots of atomic volume versus atomic weight
publicationDate circa 1869
recognizedFor accurate grouping of many element families
clear graphical demonstration of periodicity
relatedConcept atomic volume curve
atomic weight
chemical periodicity
periodic law
similarTo Mendeleev periodic table
usedIn 19th-century chemical education
historical studies of chemistry
usedProperty atomic volume
chemical reactivity
physical properties of elements
valence

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