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What is Mendeleev known for?
A
discovering protons
B
creating today’s atomic model
C
publishing the first periodic table
D
discovering Mendelevium
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1869, Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev created the framework that became the modern periodic table, leaving gaps for elements that were yet to be discovered. While arranging the elements according to their atomic weight, if he found that they did not fit into the group he would rearrange them.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mendeleev’s periodic table, published in 1869, was a vertical chart that organized 63 known elements by atomic weight. This arrangement placed elements with similar properties into horizontal rows.

Detailed explanation-3: -When Mendeleev arranged the elements in order of increasing atomic mass, the properties where repeated. Because the properties repeated themselves regularly, or periodically, on his chart, the system became known as the periodic table.

Detailed explanation-4: -The periodic table was the creation of Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev, then a professor at St Petersburg University.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mendeleev arranged the elements in order of increasing weight and broke them into rows such that elements in each column shared valence, the number of other atoms they combined with, as well as other properties.

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