According to Newlands' law of octaves, the elements were arranged in the increasing order of their atomic masses.

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Q. Arrange the following elements in the increasing order of atomic masses based on Newland's law of octaves.

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(a) There are total of 7 columns in the Modern periodic table.
(b) Mendeleev arranged the elements in the increasing order of their atomic numbers and according to their chemical properties
(c) Newlands’ law of Octaves worked well with lighter elements only.
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If every eighth element had properties similar to that of the first, according to Newlands’ Law of Octaves, identify such pairs.
(Note: At that time, noble gases were not discovered.)
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Newland proposed Law of octaves by noticing similar properties across 8 elements when arranged in increasing order.

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