Mendeleev left empty spaces in his periodic table for elements he suspected existed but had yet to be discovered. He left no spaces for the Noble gases that we now have in the modern periodic table.  Give at least two reasons on why this group was challenging to discover, based on what we now know about the atom including sub-atomic particles. Mendeleev had a group VIII but they are NOT the noble gases.

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Mendeleev left empty spaces in his periodic table for elements he suspected existed but had yet to be discovered. He left no spaces for the Noble gases that we now have in the modern periodic table.  Give at least two reasons on why this group was challenging to discover, based on what we now know about the atom including sub-atomic particles. Mendeleev had a group VIII but they are NOT the noble gases. 

    

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Mendeleev is the first who makes groups and rows. Mendeleev also left empty spaces in his periodic table for elements he suspected existed but had yet to be discovered. Also he tells the properties of undiscovered elements. 

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