Knowledge of the electron configuration of different atoms is useful in understanding the structure of the periodic table of elements. The concept is also useful for describing the chemical bonds ...

News Published: 25 January 1930 A Table of Electronic Configurations of the Elements Nature 125, 146 (1930) Cite this article ...

Oganesson, named for Russian physicist Yuri Oganessian (SN: 1/21/17, p. 16), is the heaviest element currently on the periodic table, weighing in with a huge atomic mass of about 300.

Elements within the same group exhibit similar chemical reactions and bonding patterns due to their shared valence electron configurations. The periodic table also reveals trends in atomic size ...