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im not sure if you are the person to talk to about the periodic table of elements, so if you're not could you please send me some other guys email address so i can talk to him. Anyway my question is do you know how the table of elements got to be? This is not a question for school.

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Go to http://www.itt.edu/staff/boyter/links/index.html
and look at the links under "Chemistry - Periodic Charts".  Then do a google search on "Periodic Chart" and "History".  You will find more sites than you have time to read.  Here is a brief summary.

http://www.wou.edu/las/physci/ch412/perhist.htm

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Chemistry (non-biochemistry), environmental science, occupational health and safety, environmental regulation and management, environmental engineering, and wastewater engineering. I'm the Director of Environmental, Health, and Safety and the Director of Research at the Institute of Textile Technology.

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