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 | | The periodic table of the chemical elements, also called the Mendeleev periodic table, is a tabular display of the known chemical elements. |
 | | A group is a vertical column in the periodic table of the elements. |
 | | Despite their similarities in mass (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, while carbon is a solid which can be burned. |
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