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Chapter : 7. Periodic Classification of Element
Modified version of Mendeleev's Periodic Table
Modified version of Mendeleev's Periodic Table : The elements which were undiscovered and for whom Mendeleev had left vacant places were discovered later. Some of these are scandium (Sc), gallium (Ga) and germanium (Ge). These elements were accommodated in their proper places in the table. The elements helium (He), neon (Ne), argon (Ar), Krypton (Kr), Xenon (Xe) and radon (Rn) became known only towards the end of the nineteenth century. These elements, called noble gases, were placed in the table as a separate group, called 0 group. The periodic table had to be modified then. The modified version of the table is shown below.