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What Happened When Chemists Came to Classify Elements by their Atomic Number?

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What Happened When Chemists Came to Classify Elements by their Atomic Number? / Wray, K. Brad.
I: Foundations of Chemistry: Philosophical, Historical, Educational and Interdisciplinary Studies of Chemistry, Bind 24, Nr. 2, 07.2022, s. 161-170.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift/Konferencebidrag i tidsskrift /Bidrag til avis › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review

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Wray, KB 2022, 'What Happened When Chemists Came to Classify Elements by their Atomic Number?', Foundations of Chemistry: Philosophical, Historical, Educational and Interdisciplinary Studies of Chemistry, bind 24, nr. 2, s. 161-170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-022-09423-0

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Wray, K. B. (2022). What Happened When Chemists Came to Classify Elements by their Atomic Number? Foundations of Chemistry: Philosophical, Historical, Educational and Interdisciplinary Studies of Chemistry, 24(2), 161-170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-022-09423-0

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Wray KB. 2022. What Happened When Chemists Came to Classify Elements by their Atomic Number?. Foundations of Chemistry: Philosophical, Historical, Educational and Interdisciplinary Studies of Chemistry. 24(2):161-170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-022-09423-0

MLA

Wray, K. Brad. "What Happened When Chemists Came to Classify Elements by their Atomic Number?". Foundations of Chemistry: Philosophical, Historical, Educational and Interdisciplinary Studies of Chemistry. 2022, 24(2). 161-170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-022-09423-0

Vancouver

Wray KB. What Happened When Chemists Came to Classify Elements by their Atomic Number? Foundations of Chemistry: Philosophical, Historical, Educational and Interdisciplinary Studies of Chemistry. 2022 jul.;24(2):161-170. doi: 10.1007/s10698-022-09423-0

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Wray, K. Brad. / What Happened When Chemists Came to Classify Elements by their Atomic Number?. I: Foundations of Chemistry: Philosophical, Historical, Educational and Interdisciplinary Studies of Chemistry. 2022 ; Bind 24, Nr. 2. s. 161-170.

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