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Mendeleev's Observations

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why mendeleev has chosen only hydrogen and oxygen to study the chemical properties of the different elements?

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Hydrogen is the lightest element which is univalent and shows both metal and non metal character, while oxygen is selected later as most of the compounds was found to be in oxide states.

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