Scientists use the periodic table to quickly refer to information about an element, like atomic mass and chemical symbol. The periodic table’s arrangement also allows scientists to discern trends in ...

For example, the element symbol of magnesium is Mg, not MG. The periodic table arrangement allows us to look for patterns in elements' chemical and physical properties and predict how other ...

In 1862, French geologist Alexandre-Emile Beguyer de Chancourtois developed the 'telluric screw' – a three-dimensional arrangement of the elements plotted around a cylinder. Two years later, Julius ...