The Periodic Table as Data

Name: The Periodic Table as Data
Author: StemPy Lab

Load the elements into a pandas table, sort and filter them, plot the periodic trends, and look for patterns: which properties go together, and which elements break the rule.

3 lessons, about 1 h 45 min3 simulations10 problems3 practice questionsPython in every lesson

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Course outline (3 lessons)

Lesson 1about 35 min
A periodic table in pandas
A pandas DataFrame turns the periodic table into data you can question. You build one for the first 36 elements from a block of text, then pick columns, look up an element, sort, filter with conditions joined by &, and add a computed column.
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Lesson 2about 35 min
Plotting periodic trends
A plot shows the periodic trends at a glance. You plot the first ionisation enthalpy against the atomic number, colour the points by block and label the noble gases. Then you compare the radius across period 3 with the radius down group 1.
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Lesson 3about 35 min
Finding patterns in the elements
pandas can find the patterns for you. groupby gives the mean of each block, and corr measures how two columns move together. diff inside each period finds the elements that break the rise, such as boron and oxygen.
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The Periodic Table as Data

Course outline (3 lessons)

A periodic table in pandas

Plotting periodic trends

Finding patterns in the elements

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