Question

State two achievements of the law of octaves

Answer 1

Newland's law of octaves was among the very first attempts to detect a periodic pattern in the properties of elements.

Newland's law of octaves was also among the early attempts to classify elements on the basis of their atomic weights.

It also classified elements with similar properties in the same group - which led to the development of better systems for classification of elements.

Answer 2

Answer:

According to the law of octaves, every eighth element possesses characteristics that are identical when the elements are ordered in ascending order of atomic mass.

Explanation:

The two achievements of the law of octaves are as follows below:

1. The first rational attempt to categorize elements according to their atomic weights was the law of octaves.
2. For the first time, the periodicity of elements was acknowledged.

Thus, the characteristics of every element starting from any element are a repetition of the properties of the starting element when the elements are ordered in ascending order of atomic mass.

Hence, the elements were categorized on the basis of their atomic weights and the periodicity of elements was acknowledged.

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