How to Use periodic table in a Sentence

periodic table

noun
  • Because of the periodic table, chemists got a head start on a lot of ideas.
    — David Szondy august 27, New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2025
  • So what would this periodic table look like in the physical world?
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 10 Sep. 2019
  • There's a giant periodic table for kids to look at and learn fun facts about the elements.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2018
  • Lithium is the lightest metal in the periodic table, and it’s used in all kinds of things.
    — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Apr. 2022
  • Wothers finds many such twists in the stories hidden behind the squares of the periodic table.
    — Neima Jahromi, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Each group gets a code name after an element on the periodic table.
    — Elizabeth Dwoskin, The Seattle Times, 9 Oct. 2018
  • His brain catalogued the names of tomato plants, seeds of all kinds, and the symbols of the periodic table.
    — Beth Thames, AL.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Even silver and copper—from the same column of the periodic table—form weak oxides.
    — Chris Lee, ArsTechnica, 9 June 2026
  • But the best example of what the museum is all about is a creative periodic table.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Plants also have a whole host of other elements from the periodic table in much smaller amounts.
    — Akshat Rathi, Quartz, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Some scientists have taken to creating periodic tables just to keep track of all of them.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Lithium—the lightest solid element on the periodic table—tends to be found in two main forms.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2021
  • These ultimate death throes of the Universe’s most massive stars take us all the way up the periodic table.
    — Big Think, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Then, as her first-period science class discussed the periodic table, she was called to the office.
    — Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Electrons belong to the kingdom of fermions, and this is a key reason why the periodic table exists.
    — Quanta Magazine, 28 Feb. 2017
  • Radon soared three decades ago from an obscure element on the periodic table to a national health concern.
    — Beth Nakamura, The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Nowadays, consumers vape, eat and smoke cannabis, which is much stronger and comes in so many strains that someone mimicked the periodic table to keep track of them all.
    — Brad Branan, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Nowadays, consumers vape, eat and smoke cannabis, which is much stronger and comes in so many strains that someone mimicked the periodic table to keep track of them all.
    — Brad Branan, sacbee, 1 Apr. 2018
  • Neodymium is a rare earth, one of the minerals near the bottom of the periodic table that are crucial for everyday life.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Nothing about the day has anything to do with the periodic table or the Pythagorean theorem.
    — Catherine Rentz, baltimoresun.com, 18 May 2018
  • With an atomic number of 79 in the periodic table, gold has been a measure of wealth and a store of value for thousands of years.
    — Zain Jaffer, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2024
  • The group announced that event has revealed the origin of some of the heaviest elements on the periodic table.
    — Valentina Zarya, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2017
  • These all chemical elements from the halogen group of the periodic table.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 28 Aug. 2018
  • Every character has an adorable quirk or two, or at minimum owns a dorky T-shirt with a periodic table joke or a cartoon cat.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The cosmic history of the elements of the periodic table extends from a few minutes after the big bang to the present.
    — Sanjana Curtis, Scientific American, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The tree of life became for biology what the periodic table was for chemistry—both a foundation and an emblem for the field.
    — Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 15 July 2022
  • The periodic table of elements theme is cool and spice blends like cowboy crust and tandoori glory will keep him busy knocking out new recipes in the kitchen, in style no less.
    — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 27 Oct. 2022
  • There was little to distinguish the room as a biology classroom — just a poster of the periodic table and a pile of dusty textbooks.
    — Moriah Balingit, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Tabletops in the center of the room are decorated with the periodic table of elements.
    — John Meyer, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Lead, number 82 on the periodic table, was a miracle metal for thousands of years.
    — Daniel Stone, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025

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