The Purpose of Mendeleev’s lab was to try to understand and identify the 9 unknown elements that were given. We had to relate it to Mendeleev’s lab of 1869, using his perspective and his methods. For example , he did things like laying out the elements from lightest to heaviest and by the colors. By studying its physical properties and observing the examples given we could identify the elements that were given. Using his methods really helped me understand his point of view, he used the information that was given and put it all together like a big puzzle piece. I have to admit it was a bit challenging. Mendeleev was a Russian chemist who came up with “his own version of the periodic table”. In other words he was the first to formulate the
