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Periodic table of elements

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Element   Substance that cannot be split up into simpler substances by chemical means  
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Triad   Group of three elements with similar chemical properties in which the atomic weight of the middle element is approximately equal to average of the other two  
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Newlands' Octaves   Group of elements arranged in order of increasing atomic weight, in which the first and the eighth element of each group have similar properties  
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Mendeleev's periodic law   When elements are arranged in order of increasing atomic weight, the properties of the elements vary periodically  
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Atomic number   is the number of protons in nucleus of that atom  
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Modern Periodic Table   Arrangement of elements in order of increasing atomic number  
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Mass Number   Sum of the number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom of that element  
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Isotope   atoms of an element (they have the same atomic number) that have different mass numbers  
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Relative atomic mass   Average mass of atoms of element relative to 1/12 th the mass of carbon 12 atom  
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Aufbau Principle   states when building up the electronic configuration of an atom in its ground state, the electrons occupy the lowest available level  
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Pauli exclusion principle   no more than two electrons may occupy an orbital and they must have opposite spin  
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