Dmitri Mendeleev | |
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| Дмитрий Менделеев[a] | |
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| Born | 8 February 1834 Verkhnie Aremzyani, Tobolsk Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 2 February 1907 (aged 72) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Alma mater | Saint Petersburg University |
| Known for | Formulating the periodic table of chemical elements |
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Feozva Nikitichna Leshcheva
(m. 1862; div. 1882)Anna Ivanovna Popova
(m. 1882) |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Thesis | A Discourse on the Compounds of Alcohol and Water (1865) |
| Academic advisors | Gustav Kirchhoff |
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Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev ForMemRS (sometimes romanized as Mendeleyev, Mendeleiev, or Mendeleef; English: /ˌmɛndəlˈeɪəf/ MEN-dəl-AY-əf;[2] Russian: Дмитрий Иванович Менделеев, romanized: Dmitriy Ivanovich Mendeleyev,[a] IPA: [ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ mʲɪnʲdʲɪˈlʲejɪf] ; 8 February [O.S. 27 January] 1834 – 2 February [O.S. 20 January] 1907) was a Russian chemist and inventor. He is best known for formulating the Periodic Law and creating a version of the periodic table of elements. He used the Periodic Law not only to correct the then-accepted properties of some known elements, such as the valence and atomic weight of uranium, but also to predict the properties of three elements that were yet to be discovered (germanium, gallium and scandium).
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