AN earth scientist has rejigged the periodic table to make chemistry simpler
to teach to students.
There have been many attempts to redesign the periodic table since Dmitri
Mendeleev drew it up in 1871. But Bruce Railsback from the University of Georgia
says he is the first to create a table that breaks with tradition and shows the
ions of each element rather than just the elements themselves.
“I got tired of breaking my arms trying to explain the periodic table to
earth scientists,” he says, criss-crossing his hands in the air and pointing to
different bits of a traditional…
