TED-Ed

The genius of Mendeleev's periodic table - Lou Serico (2012x87)

Fecha de emisión: Nov 21, 2012

The elements had been listed and carefully arranged before Dmitri Mendeleev. They had even been organized by similar properties before. So why is Mendeelev’s periodic table the one that has endured? Lou Serico explains via Ekaaluminium, an element whose existence Mendeelev predicted decades before it was discovered.