Answer to Question #21481 in Inorganic Chemistry for DUBEM

Question

6 _________ used the Law of the Octave to arrange atoms

Answer 1

John Newland"According to the law of octave, when elements areplaced in increasing order of their atomic mass, every eighth element shows similarity with the preceding eighth element in their physical and chemical properties."

John Alexander Reina Newland discovered the PeriodicTable and arranged all known elements in a tabular form on the basis of their
atomic weight. John Newland was a British citizen, born in London. His father was a Scottish Presbyterian minister and his mother was Italian. His initial schooling was done at home by his father. He went to the Royal College of Chemistry for further studies but he was more interested in social reform.

Hence he served as a volunteer with Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1860 to unify Italy. After that he started a laboratory in London to practice as an analytical chemist in 1864 and later he became chief chemist in James Duncan's London sugar refinery. In this refinery, he introduced a number of improvements in processing.