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How is the periodic table useful today?

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Today, the table can be used to predict properties of elements yet to be discovered, although these new elements are all highly radioactive and break down into more familiar elements almost instantly. ... The table tells each element's atomic number and usually its atomic weight.
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The periodic table is useful today for finding out all the elements that exists on Earth. The elements there can be used to write down chemical formulas, calculate things like molar mass/atomic mass of each element, atomic number for each, number of valence electrons each element has, the oxidation number for each, etc. Lastly, it can be used to predict the properties of elements yet to be discovered.

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