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 | | Despite their similarities in mass (they differ by only a few atomic mass units), they have extremely different properties, as can be seen by looking at their allotropes: diatomic oxygen is a gas that supports burning, diatomic nitrogen is a gas that does not support burning, and carbon is a solid which can be burned. |
 | | This was followed by the English chemist John Alexander Reina Newlands, who in 1865 noticed that the elements of similar type recurred at intervals of eight, which he likened to the octaves of music, though his law of octaves was ridiculed by his contemporaries. |
 | | Counterman, Craig, "Periodic Table of the Elements : For each of many properties a separate periodic table and a graph showing the relation with the atomic number (http://web.mit.edu/3.091/www/pt/)". |
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