Sentences with phrase «traditional periodic table»
The traditional periodic table of the elements works fine for chemists in a laboratory, but it's not so usable for scientists who do a lot of fieldwork, like geologist Bruce Railsback of the University of Georgia.
http://discovermagazine.com/ Not exact matches
«This means that traditional descriptions of the electronic structure of actinide elements are often of a qualitative nature — but this is precisely the area where quantitative models are needed because our understanding of core chemical concepts become increasingly nebulous at the foot of the periodic table.»
Wikipedia gives a decent overview of traditional Zoroastrian beliefs regarding the elements (not the periodic table - type elements, but the broader classes of matter) and disposal of corpses: