: an arrangement of chemical elements based on the periodic law
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These ultimate death throes of the Universe’s most massive stars take us all the way up the periodic table.—Big Think, 27 Nov. 2025 Audun Martinsen Head of supply chain research at Rystad Energy
Rare earths refer to 17 elements on the periodic table that have an atomic structure that gives them special magnetic properties.—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2025 Rare earths include 17 metallic elements in the periodic table made up of scandium, yttrium and the lanthanides.—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025 Just by glancing at the periodic table, every metal could, in principle, serve as a cornerstone, and countless organic molecules can act as bridges connecting them.—Stavroula Alina Kampouri, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for periodic table
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