• Question: On the periodic table, how many elements are on there altogether?

    Asked by 358chea24 to Angela, Claire, Ian, Robert, Sarah on 14 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Ian Cade

      Ian Cade answered on 14 Nov 2014:

      On the period table stuck to my window its… 113 but according to the chap behind me (using wikipedia) its 118.

      However, in my day to day chemistry the elements I use number… hmm… only eight or nine (today only six). But I do use an awful lot, about 10^21 atoms of each one.

    • Photo: Angela Stokes

      Angela Stokes answered on 16 Nov 2014:

      Thats interesting as my periodic table says the same..113. Interesting that Wikipedia say 118!

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