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Dmitri Mendeleev

Russian chemist (1834-1907) · Russia · Scientists · Died at 72

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He predicted elements that didn't exist yet - and got their properties right. Mendeleev's periodic table turned chemistry from a catalog into a map with empty spaces where new discoveries would land.

A life in dates

1934Mendeleev MedalNamed after him, chemistry award of the Russian Academy of Sciences1911Dmitry Mendeleev's Memorial Museum ApartmentTribute, Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia1907Died20 January 19071905Copley MedalAward1892Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1889“1. The elements, if arranged according to their atomic weights, exhibit an evident periodicity of properties.2.”In their words"The Periodic Law of the Chemical Elements" Journal of the Chemical Society, 55, 634-56 (1889) Faraday Lecture delivered before the

“In science we must all submit not to what seems to us attractive from one point of view or another, but to what represents an agreement between theory and experiment.”In their wordsFaraday Lecture, the Royal Institution, London (1889) as quoted by Leon Gray, The Basics of the Periodic Table (2013)

Faraday Lectureship PrizeAward1882Davy MedalAward1874Honorary Member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt Am Main, Germany)Award1862Demidov PrizeAward1834Born27 January 1834

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  1. 1. The elements, if arranged according to their atomic weights, exhibit an evident periodicity of properties.2.

    1889, "The Periodic Law of the Chemical Elements" Journal of the Chemical Society, 55, 634-56 (1889) Faraday Lecture delivered before the, Own words

  2. In science we must all submit not to what seems to us attractive from one point of view or another, but to what represents an agreement between theory and experiment.

    1889, Faraday Lecture, the Royal Institution, London (1889) as quoted by Leon Gray, The Basics of the Periodic Table (2013), Own words

  3. To burn oil!.. You can fuel with money as well.

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Awards

Copley Medal1905
Foreign Member of the Royal Society1892
Faraday Lectureship Prize1889
Davy Medal1882
Honorary Member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt Am Main, Germany)1874
Demidov Prize1862
Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky
Order of Saint Anna, 1st class
Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class
Order of the White Eagle
Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class
Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class
Order of St. Vladimir, 1st class
Knight of the Legion of Honour

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Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev was born on 27 January 1834 in Russia. He formulated the periodic law and built a version of the periodic table that did more than organize known elements - it exposed gaps. Using his system, he corrected accepted values for uranium's valence and atomic weight, then went further: he predicted the properties of three elements not yet discovered. Germanium, gallium, and scandium were all found later, matching his descriptions. The synthetic element mendelevium carries his name. He died on 20 January 1907.

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Status
deceased
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Lived 1834 to 1907 · aged 72

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