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Periodic table or periodic system?

It seems odd that periodic tables are sometimes referred to as periodic systems.

I say odd because a table is said to be:

"A systematic arrangement of numbers, words, symbols, etc., in a definite and compact form so as to show clearly some set of facts or relations."

So a table in this sense is a system.

Most periodic tables are tabular. And yes periodic tables come in all sorts of shapes. Yet furniture tables can be, for example, round, triangular, oval, wedge shaped or even spiral. They’re still all called tables, regardless of their shape.

While Mendeleev referred to his periodic "tables" as periodic systems he stuck with the tabular form all the way.

On the side of the cardboard box in which my Periodic Table Mug arrived are printed the following words: "The Periodic Table is a systematic arrangement of the elements…"

So, what gives? --- Sandbh (talk) 06:28, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Правильно будет - "Таблица Д.И. Менделеева" (или длинное название - Периодическая система химических элементов Д.И. Менделеева) . Систематическое изменение свойств химических элементов, представленное в виде таблицы. It will be correct - "The Table of D.I. Mendeleev" (or the long name is the Periodic table of chemical elements of D.I. Mendeleev) . A systematic change in the properties of chemical elements, presented in the form of a table.

Периодическая система элементов / Д. Н. Трифонов // Большая Советская Энциклопедия / гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. — 3-е изд. — М. : Советская Энциклопедия, 1975. — Т. 19 : Отоми — Пластырь. — С. 413—417. Менделеев Д. И. Периодическая законность химических элементов // Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона : в 86 т. (82 т. и 4 доп.). — СПб., 1898. — Т. XXIII. — С. 311—323. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.179.179.28 (talk) 11:01, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Add a link to Atomic orbital in the orbital chart under the periodic table chart ArtemisDay (talk) 18:01, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Myrealnamm (💬pros · 📜cons) 19:55, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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ADD LINK kainosymmetry to the word 'kainosymmetric' in Variations. 24.161.66.164 (talk) 18:24, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Good idea! DMacks (talk) 18:30, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Structure section's Group nomenclature

Would it make sense to change the preferred nomenclature of Group in the Structure section from being Tetrels, Pnictogens etc. to being the far-more-commonplace Mendeleev (i.e. I–VIII ) style? Chumpih ^t 16:13, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The standard IUPAC group numbers 1 through 18 are already at the top. The ambiguities of the I-VIII style are discussed in the subsection Periodic table#Group names and numbers. Double sharp (talk) 01:44, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]