Updated Periodic Table of Elements Aims to Help Students Better Understand Chemistry
How many of you had or are having trouble understanding that boring table in high school chemistry class with all those seemingly random letters and numbers on it? Engineer Sam Price has decided to do something about that by making the table itself easier to understand and more visually appealing.
Originally created in 1869 by Dmitri Mendeleev, the table is laid out according to periodic trends, or characteristic patterns of similarities and differences among the elements. Common periodic trends include electronegativity, electron affinity, ionization energy, and so forth.
In the original table, these trends are not all immediately evident, but this new version allows you to see and compare characteristics among the elements at just a mere glance. Trends that are represented visually are the following:
- Electronegativity
- Electron affinity
- Atomic radius
- Ionic radius
- Density
“I really like the graphical representations of what I would consider the secondary properties because I rarely look those values up, but instead, I am usually curious about one relative to another element,” expressed Brandon Canfield, Ph.D. on Reddit. “The graphics succeed in communicating this information nicely.”
According to Lee Moo Hyung on Kickstarter , “The main problem of the periodic tables that ‘float’ around the internet and schools is that most have a horrible, plain, and indescribably boring design.” He believes that this may be why many people don’t find the science appealing, along with the fact that the table is difficult to interpret. “That’s why I feel this project is great,” he says.
Kickstarter campaigns operate under an “all-or-nothing” funding model, so if this project doesn’t reach its funding goal after 30 days, this poster will not be made. Please help make this poster a reality. Delivery would be expected to be around early December.
If you would like more information, please visit kickstarter.
Contact:
TheSamPrice@gmail.com
