User:WFPM/Alternate periodic tables

With regard to the formatting of periodic tables there is a question about the best possible format for the location of the data regarding information about elements nos. 119 and 120 within the table's format. Specifically, the Janet periodic table has the data for elements 119 and 120 at the end of the 8th row, because the rows in the Janet table go in descending order 2, 2, 8, 8, 18, 18, 32, 32, for a total of 120 elements, and elements 119 and 120 are the last 2 elements in the 8th row, whereas the standard (and IUPAC) periodic tables has the rows in a descending order of 2, 8, 8, 18, 18, 32, 32 for a total of only 118 elements. Thus in the standard (and IUPAC) tables there will evidently be a necessity for the creation of a new row in order to present 119 and 120 element data. Without getting into the properties of the physical or chemical characteristics of the elements there is therefor a question as to which table format is more appropriate to represent the correct positioning of elements 119 and 120 in a periodic table and the reader is advised to look at both tables before making a choice.WFPM (talk) 21:52, 31 July 2009 (UTC)