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GK QUESTION#3302

Which of the following scientists grouped the elements into triads?

  1. ADimitri Mendeleev
  2. BJohn Newlands
  3. CHenry Moseley
  4. DJohann Wolfgang DobereinerCorrect answer
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D. Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner

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Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner identified groups of three chemically similar elements called triads. In useful examples, the atomic weight of the middle element was approximately the average of the other two. Newlands proposed octaves, Mendeleev developed a periodic classification, and Moseley established the importance of atomic number.

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