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Which of the following statements is correct?

Option: 1

Law of triads was given by Newlands


Option: 2

Mendeleev’s periodic law was based on the atomic number of the elements


Option: 3

Law of octaves was given by Newlands


Option: 4

All of these


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NEWLAND'S LAW of OCTAVES

John Alexander Reina Newland in England made the first attempt to correlate the chemical properties of the elements with their atomic weight. According to him -

  1. If the elements are arranged in order to their increasing atomic weights, every eighth element had similar properties to the first one like the first and eighth note in music. For example

 

Sa

Re

Ga

Ma

Pa

Dha

Ni

Sa

Li

Be

B

C

N

O

F

Na

Na

Mg

Al

Si

P

S

Cl

K

  1. Inert gases were not discovered till then.

  2. All the elements could not be classified on this basis.

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The 

  • The law of triad was given by Dobereiner.

  • Mendeleev’s periodic law was based on the atomic masses of the elements. 

  • Law of octaves was given by Newlands.

Therefore, Option(3) is correct

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