Article ID: CBB601476539

Julius Lothar (von) Meyer (1830-1895) and the Periodic System (2019)

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The logo of the “International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements” (IYPT) shows only Dmitri I. Mendeleev (1834-1907) and none of the other scholars who were closely related with the discovery of the classification of elements. As early as 1864 the German physical chemist Lothar Meyer used a table to explain the “peculiar regularities” that were found among the atomic weights; by the end of that decade he had considered more elements and improved the system. Among other discoverers of the periodicity, Meyer and his colleague Karl Seubert (1851-1942) determined and recalculated atomic weights. This essay depicts the biography of Lothar Meyer and evaluates his contributions to the development of a classification system for chemical elements in several steps, to the periodic arrangement of elements. Finally, Meyer's opinion of the use of the periodic tables in teaching and organizing the material in courses on inorganic chemistry is presented.

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Authors & Contributors
Scerri, Eric R.
Girolami, Gregory S.
Mainz, Vera V.
Robinson, Ann E.
Orna, Mary Virginia
Giunta, Carmen J.
Concepts
Periodic system of the elements; periodic table
Chemistry
Chemical elements
Classification
Atomic weights
Philosophy of science
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
18th century
21st century
17th century
Places
Russia
Portugal
Institutions
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
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