What were the limitations of Newlands’ Law of Octaves?
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Newlands’ Law of Octaves:
Newland arranged the elements in the increasing order of their atomic weights and found that every eighth element has similar properties as the first element.
On this basis, he gave the law of octaves.
Limitations of Newlands’ Law of Octaves:
Many elements were placed in the same slot in this classification. For example, Cobalt and Nickel.
Some elements having dissimilar properties were also placed together.
The law was valid up to calcium element.
The elements discovered later could not be placed in the octave pattern.
