Vol 3 No 2 Suppl. 5 (2019)
Editorial

Setting the Table: A Retrospective and Prospective of the Periodic Table of the Elements.: Editorial for the Special Issue Volume “The Development of the Periodic Table and Its Consequences”

Mary Virginia Orna
ChemSource, Inc.
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Marco Fontani
Università degli Studi di Firenze
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Published 2019-12-12

Keywords

  • Ordering Elements, Periodic Table, History, Understanding Chemistry, Mendeleev Sesquicentennial.

How to Cite

Orna, M. V., & Fontani, M. (2019). Setting the Table: A Retrospective and Prospective of the Periodic Table of the Elements.: Editorial for the Special Issue Volume “The Development of the Periodic Table and Its Consequences”. Substantia, 3(2), 9–13. https://doi.org/10.13128/Substantia-265

Abstract

The major theme of this special issue volume is “The History of The Periodic Table, the Discovery of the Elements, and of the Materials that Changed the Course of History: The Development of the Periodic System and Its Consequences.” After a brief chronological retrospective on the development of the periodic table, each paper contributed to this volume will be summarized, with some editorial comments.