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Published online 2 September 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030901-1
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Geologists' periodic table designed
Clever graph shows how Earth's chemicals are linked.
A new periodic table could soon be gracing the walls of geology classrooms. The table shows how chemical elements are distributed in nature, by sorting them according to their electrical charge rather than their weight.
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