For scientists who work with many different elements, the periodic table is so indispensable it can easily be forgotten that this is not divine intuition but the result of extremely hard work.
The inspired genius of scientists like Mendeleyev and Julius Meyer (1830-1895) gave chemists the advantages of the periodic table about a half century before the existence of the electron was proved. Mendeleyev's confidence in his table and his logically derived predictions are the basis of extended form of it presented here. Its later expansion and predictions by Glenn T. Seaborg (1912-1999) strongly influenced science and especially physics, and thereby made the creation of new elements possible for the first time.
With each newly discovered element and with the advance of research and technology, the picture of the periodic table has grown into an important construct underlying all areas of science as well as the mathematics and informatics. Thus, though the periodic table itself is subject to unexpected changes ( ANTIMATTER ), its importance makes the attempt of further prediction worthwhile.
1. Definition: APSIDIUM is a neologism from apsid es and the Suffix ..ium.
Not only is Apsis a proper acronym for the title mentioned above, but both the German word Apsis and the English apse and apsis come originally from the Greek word " ayiV " meaning " that which is fastened together, knot (in a net); loop, arc, orbit (of a heavenly body)," etymologically " that which is fastened on or appended" - which fits nicely with our concept of an additional platform for providing further information about the structure of the elements.
What is APSIS (plural APSIDES )?
An Ap sis is the point in the orbit of a satellite where the body is neither approaching nor receding from another body about which it revolves. Any elliptical orbit has two apsides. At the p erig ee the moon or other satellite is as close as it ever gets to the earth, and it begins to move away; at the ap og ee it is as far away as it gets, and it begins to move closer. Similarly, in the orbit of the earth or another planet around the sun, the p erihelion is the point of closest approach and the ap helion is the point of furthest recession. In the orbit of the stars in a binary star system, the p eriastron is the point of closest approach and the ap astron the point of furthest recession. A line connecting the two apsidal points of an elliptical orbit (e.g., the aphelion and perihelion) is called the line of apsides; it is the major axis of the ellipse. This line may precess because of the gravitational influence of other bodies or relativistic effects.
The suffix -ium
[ For linquistic consistency, the names of all new elements shoud end in " -ium". ]
Pure Appl.chem.,Vol. 74,No. 5,pp. 787-791,2002 IUPAC
2. Definition: APSIDIUM --> A_ psi_dium --> A_ Y _dium
The prefix A- (Greek a - ) signifies negation (e.g.: typical - a typical).
The Greek letter Psi (i.e., Y ) is also used as a symbol of Schrödinger's physical wave equations. " aPsi" (or "non- Y ") thus indicates that the important concept here is not the wave equations but the particle.
The suffix -dium reinforces this stress on the material (non-wave) element.
The above definition negates the use of wave-functions in formulas only. It does not mean that transcription into wave functions in this form is impossible. The reference here is to the chemical, not the physical, circuit.
Other definitions of APSIDIUM are ambiguous. In addition, the word is used in geometry, the architecture of churches, astrology and in botany.
