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Due to uncertainty in the names of some of the elements, a question mark is indicated before the symbol in the Mendeleev's periodic table. What are such symbols?

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Mendeleev arranged the elements in the increasing order of atomic masses. In some places the atomic mass of elements would not be in right order to put them in the correct group. Tellurium is heavier than Iodine, but he put Iodine after Tellurium because Iodine has similar properties like F, Cl, Br. He placed the elements according to their properties and put a question mark to indicate that the atomic mass needs to be checked. for e.g. ?Yt = 88 in Mendeleev.s periodic table was corrected as Yt = 88.906 in Modem Periodic table.

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Updated on:21/07/2023

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