• Question: if you had to remake the periodic table how long do you think it will take you, with the help of a colleague?

    Asked by anon-227000 to William, Thibaut "Tibo", Harry, Georgia, Emily, Aimee on 12 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Aimee Egglestone

      Aimee Egglestone answered on 12 Nov 2019:

      As in to recreate it from memory? Or to rediscover all the elements?

      To recreate it from memory I’d say maybe an hour? To rediscover the elements maybe a century.

    • Photo: Harry Wilkinson

      Harry Wilkinson answered on 12 Nov 2019:

      I don’t think I would be able to! I don’t use most elements below the first row of the d-block so wouldn’t know where to start!

    • Photo: William Wiseman

      William Wiseman answered on 13 Nov 2019:

      2019 is the year of the periodic table so there has been a lot of talk about whether the periodic table is correct. Here is another one some people think it could be laid out differently.

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