Question
In Mendele′ ev ’s Periodic Table, gaps were left for the elements to be discovered later. Which of the following elements found a place in the perioidc table later:
  1. Germanium.
  2. Chlorine.
  3. Oxygen.
  4. Silicon.

Answer

  1. Germanium.

Solution: Mandeleev named the undiscovered elements as Eka-boron, Eka-aluminium and Eka-silicon. These were replaced with scandium, gallium and germanium respectively in due course of time.

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