Welcome! I came up with this new way of looking at the periodic table. It is called the Rota Period. James L. Rota Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Period 6 The S Orbital The P Orbital The D Orbital The F Orbital Transition Elements Lanthanide Series Actinide Series Multivalence1 Multivalence2 Rota Period I II III IV V VI VII VIII 1+ 2+ 3+ 4+ 5+ 6+ 7+ 8+ 3- 2- 1- 0 H He Li Be B C N O F Ne Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn * * * Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe Cs Ba La Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn Fr Ra Ac Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr Rf Db The Shovel About the Rota Period Rota Period Explained (pdf) Rota Period Abstract Published in JSE (pdf) Rota Period Published in the Journal of Science Education (pdf) How the Rota Period Handles Some Periodic Table Anomalies (pdf) Atomic Radius, Electronegativity, Electropositivity, First Ionization Energy, Mass + Z, Metallic Properties and Oxidation State Trends Contact me Links *** Iron (Fe) is an example of how multi valence elements are displayed. © 2007 James L. Rota, Rotaperiod.com

Rota Period ----------------------------Metals---------------------------- --------Non Metals------- I II III IV V VI VII VIII 1+ 2+ 3+ 4+ 5+ 6+ 7+ 8+ 3- 2- 1- 0 P1 P2 P3 * * * P4 P5 P6 Unknown Valence Elements: Sg, Bh, Hs, Mt, Ds, Rg, Uub, Uut, Uuq, Uup © 2007 Rotaperiod.com