To celebrate 150 years of Dmitri Mendeleev’s Periodic Table, Xinova is calling for its global network of innovators to share how significant the Periodic Table has been in their lives.

Periodic Table Celebration

Circulation Date: April 10, 2019

Close Date: May 22, 2019Seeking contributions that

celebrate 150 Years of the Periodic Table

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Periodic Table CelebRaTiON

Xinova is seeking submissions from its global network of innovators that celebrate 150 years of Dmitri Mendeleev's Periodic Table. We want to hear your stories, and share in the memories that have turned each of you into the innovators that you are. Since this is

meant to be fun, we have provided a set of questions we'd like each of you to respond to. Feel free to say a little or a lot, respond in poetry or in song. Your contribution is elemental, so don't be ionic. Share with us.

Mendeleev’s periodic table as pub-lished in the journal of the Russian Chemical Society (Dmitrii Mende-leev, "On the Relationship of the Properties of the Elements to their Atomic Weights," Zhurnal Russkoe Fiziko-Khimicheskoe Obshchestvo 1, 60-77 (1869)). Retrieved March 21, 2019 from the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3b41440/

The periodic table is one of the most powerful representations of our knowledge of the physical and natural world. Acting as a centerpiece for the unifying language of scientific inquiry, it stands as one of the most important achievements in science; capturing the essence not only of chemistry, but also of physics and biology.

A Brief History: In 1669, a German merchant and amateur alchemist Hennig Brand attempted to create a Philosopher’s Stone, an object that supposedly could turn metals into pure gold. He heated residues from boiled urine, and as the vapor condensed it burst into flames. This became the first scientific discovery of an element, phosphorus. From there, new elements were discovered and patterns unearthed.

The first Periodic Table as we know it came from Mendeleev’s representation of known elements, and a prediction of elements yet to be discovered, but that’s not all that his initial predictions

resulted in. Properties such as electromagnetism and radioactivity were introduced, concepts such as the nucleus, electrons, orbitals, protons, neutrons, isotopes, quarks were developed, and theories such as relativity and quantum mechanics were supposed. All of this shaping what we understand about our modern-day Periodic Table.

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● In 1911, as denoted within Quam andQuam’s 1934 research, Emerson’sHelix produced a reformulation ofa helical arrangement, in whichthe elements are placed in orderof increasing atomic weight onsuccessive coils; the distancebetween elements on the helix andthe interspaces are proportionalto the successive increments in theatomic weight.

Quam, G. N., & Quam, M. B. (1934). Types of graphic classifications of the elements. I. Introduction and short tables.Journal of Chemical Education, 11(1), 10. doi:10.1021/ed011p27

● In 1949, Riggli supposed a VolumetricModel of the 18-Period Long Systemof Dmitri Mendeleev’s PeriodicTable - from the book "100 Years ofPeriodic Law of Chemical Elements”.

Leach, M. R. (1999). The INTERNET Data-base of Periodic Tables. Retrieved March 18, 2019, from https://www.meta-synthesis.com/webbook/35_pt/pt_database.php?PT_id=921

Although the first periodic table came from Dmitri Mendeleev there is no shortage of alternative periodic tables.

● In 1974, Edward Mazurs proposedvarious periodic table formulations toMendeleev’s Periodic Table.

Mazurs, E. (1974). Graphical Representa-tions of The Periodic System During 100 Years. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press. doi: https://www.meta-synthesis.com/webbook/35_pt/pt_database.php?PT_id= 110

● In 1971, Clark John O. E. produced hisversion of the Periodic Table.

Clark, J. O. (1971). Chemistry. London: Hamlyn. doi:https://www.meta-synthesis.com/web-book/35_pt/pt_database.php?PT_id=672

● In 1989, the Physicist's Periodic Tableby Timothy Stowe became a wellknown formulation.

Leach, M. R. (1999). The INTERNET Data-base of Periodic Tables. Retrieved March 20, 2019, from https://www.meta-synthesis.com/webbook/35_pt/pt_database.php?PT_id=38

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Periodic Table with Charges - 118 Elements. (2018, March 01). Retrieved March 20, 2019, from https://sciencenotes.org/periodic-table-charges-118-elements/

Though there are many graphical representations of the periodic table, currently this is the most widely used version of the periodic table today.

“Throughout its long history, the periodic table has been disputed, altered and improved as science has progressed and as new elements have been discovered. But despite the dramatic changes that have taken place in science over the past century—namely, the development of the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics—there has been no revolution in the basic nature of the periodic system.”

- Scientific American

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How to Submit:

As we share in this celebration with you, we’d like you to reflect on how impactful the Periodic Table has been in your life by answering any or all of the following questions below. Please feel free to respond in any of the following formats: audio, video, and/or written.

Selected responses will have the opportunity to be featured on the Xinova: website, social media accounts, newsletter, or potentially be covered by the media.

Questions:

● What's your first memory of the Periodic table beinguseful?

● What is your favorite element and why?

● What world would we be living in if there was noperiodic table?

● In the near future, what element has the ability to shapethe world the most?

● How has the periodic table impacted your life?

● Have you done any work with the elements of theperiodic table? Which ones? What was the result of thatwork?

● What is the most underappreciated element and why?

● If you could make up an element what would it be andwhy?

Just For Fun

● Can you sing the Periodic Table song? (BONUS if youcan sing it with a friend)

Notes:

● Apply by May 22, 2019 to be considered.

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● Start your application by clicking the “Submit anApplication” button on the opportunity page:

● This is NOT a request for solutions. We are seekingresponses from innovators who are interested inparticipating in the celebration of the Periodic Table.

● Please limit audio and video responses to 15 - 45seconds per question or less, and written responses toless than 350 words per question.

● Video: For video submissions please provide a link tothe video within a word/PDF file

● Rewards: The best submissions will have theopportunity to be featured on the Xinova: website,social media, newsletter, or be covered by the media.

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