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Chemical periodicity: why does the chemistry of some elements resemble the chemistry of others?
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (165+ words) Of course, it’s a bit more complicated than this (actually quite a lot more complicated) but at a fundamental level quantum theory allows us to understand the origins of chemical periodicity according to the electronic structure of atoms—ultimately providing…...