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may 26, 1820 - Discovery of the Relative Atomic Mass (Dobereiner)

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He discovered how the relative atomic mass of the middle element in a group of three is almost halfway between the lightest and the heaviest ones in the group. He called these pattern a “triad”. He organized many of the elements that (at that time) were discovered that way.

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may 26, 1820
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~ 206 years ago