what is newlands law of octaves? why is it so called
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Law of octaves, in chemistry, the generalization made by the English chemist J.A.R. Newlands in 1865 that, if the chemical elements are arranged according to increasing atomic weight, those with similar physical and chemical properties occur after each interval of seven elements.
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John Newlands arranged the elements in the order of increasing atomic masses.He noticed that every eighth element exhibits similar properties as compared to the first element. He called this law as the 'Law of Octaves' better known as 'Newland's Law of Octaves'.
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