Periodic Table Explained: Introduction

The periodic table is a tabular array of the chemical elements organized by atomic number, from the element with the lowest atomic number,

This visualization offers a brief history of the periodic table For convenience, elements are represented throughout by their abbreviations

periodic table Periodic table definition: a table illustrating the periodic system, in which the chemical elements, formerly arranged in the order of their atomic weights

table It is called periodic because elements are lined up in cycles or periods From left to right elements are lined up in rows based on their atomic number (the