The f-block elements: Unexplored path of a budding chemist pt.2

    In my previous post, I had mentioned how the f-block elements never belonged to the main table and how they would cause havoc in the main table if we tried including them. If you had thought about this a little simpler, the answer lies within. What do you believe, would be the main reason the periodic table is handy and containing plenty of hidden information? The arrangement of elements are in such a manner that it shows several linking properties within itself known as the periodic trends. Keeping in mind of these trends and the 28 f-block elements, did you ever think about the contradictions these elements would make if they were inserted into the regular/main table? 

    The trends that follow across periods and groups are violated when these 28 elements are inserted in the main table. Do remember, that when you are inserting these elements, they cause a skip of the succeeding elements as well and we are rather not dividing the table into two and inserting these 28 elements in-between as shown in the link below. This would simply alter the regular table with a short displacement. It has no significance of our doubts here. For more clarity on the expanded version, please visit this link: https://qr.ae/pGDcs2

This is not the idea of inserting the f-block elements that we're talking about

    The kind of addition of the 28 elements that I'm talking about is in a way where 14 of the Lanthanoides are squeezed between Lanthanum (La) and Halfnium (Hf) and 14 of the Actinoides are squeezed between Actinium (Ac) and Rutherfordium (Rf), resulting in a complete rearrangement of the elements from Halfnium (Hf) to Oganesson (Og). Now if this gives you a clear idea of how the elements are being displaced from their relative positions, you might have already arrived at the answer to the question. When elements are moved from their original position, their periodic properties get ruptured. Say, due to the addition of Lanthanoides, the position of Francium (Fr) would move a square right causing Radon (Rn) to shift to the first group, aligning with Alkali metals.

    Now, a contradiction arises in the electronic configuration of the elements after the 28 f-block metals, and hence causes a chain of discrepancies in properties that include Atomic size, Atomic mass, Metallic property, Magnetic property, Electropositivity/Electronegativity, Oxidation states, Magic number rule, Diagonal relationship and many other general trends of the periodic table. This would create structural chaos in what was previously a beautifully integrated and inter-related table. Imagine studying the periodic table like I suggested earlier and realizing that the last 2 elements never followed the sequence. (P.S: If you haven't read that post on learning the periodic table the right way, click here).

    Now the answer to why these elements contradict the periodic table, when inserted instead of separated is clear. But, what if they were redesigned in a way that if we insert them into the main table, they satisfy these periodic trends? We observe the skipping of one element to the next square, but what if this skip could be cancelled in any way? Then wouldn't these elements allow the rest of the elements to obey the periodic laws and trends? Moreover, will these 28 elements align with the periodic trends? Find out more on my next post upcoming this week for the answers. As usual, leave your doubts and suggestions on the comments section down below, or mail them to decadhya@gmail.com. Have a Thoughtful Thursday!😉😉

    

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