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The Chemical Educator
ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)
Abstract Volume 8
Issue 6 (2003) pp 389-392
Stretching the Periodic Table
B. J. Yoblinski
Department of Chemistry, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608,
yoblinski@appstate.edu
Received September 15, 2003. Accepted October 2, 2003
Published online: 13 November 2003
Abstract. Our student affiliates chapter of the American Chemical Society recently constructed an extended (or long) version of the periodic table on a large empty wall in the department. The f-block elements were incorporated into their “rightful place,” giving rise to an “atomically correct” periodic table. The completed periodic table required over 2 academic years of work and is nearly 27-feet-long and almost 9-feet-tall. Planning, logistics, and procedures as well as pitfalls to be avoided are described in detail in an attempt to give direction and spur other such student-centered clubs to pursue similar projects.
Key Words: Of Special Interest; general chemistry, chemistry clubs
(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: yoblinski@appstate.edu)
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Issue date: December
1, 2003
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