Question

Do you know why
Do you know why New lands proposed the law of octaves ?
your answer in terms of the model structure of the atom

Answer 1

The number of electrons in valence shell can vary between 1-8

but when inert gas were not known ¡

it can change between 1 to 7 and thus element must be similar to one of the first seven ¡.

so Newlands' proposed the law of octaves ¡

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