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    Slideshow: Buff Up On Periodic Table Trivia

    July 9, 2023
    Whether you aim to impress friends or ready yourself for trivia night, knowing facts about the Periodic Table of Elements is always beneficial.

    It’s undergone many changes in its 154 years, but the Periodic Table of Elements remains a source of knowledge for all things earthbound and beyond. The list of facts, tidbits and trivia could go on and on. Here are just a few interesting insights into Dmitri Mendeleev’s best-known work.

    Images and biographical information are courtesy of the following sources:

    Shutterstock 

    Interesting Engineering 

    ThoughtCo 

    Discover Magazine 

    International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

    About the Author

    Traci Purdum | Editor-in-Chief

    Traci Purdum, an award-winning business journalist with extensive experience covering manufacturing and management issues, is a graduate of the Kent State University School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Kent, Ohio, and an alumnus of the Wharton Seminar for Business Journalists, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

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