The basis of classification of elements was to put together elements which showed maximum resemblance. Complete the statements given below by filling in the correct word/s.
(a) An example of Dobereiner's Law of Triads is of elements — oxygen, carbon & nitrogen in which the atomic weight of the middle element, i.e. ............... , was the average of the atomic weights of the other two elements.
(b) As per Newland's Law of Octaves, elements when arranged in increasing order of their atomic weights, showed resemblance in properties between the eighth element, example 'chlorine' and the first element, i.e. ............... .
(c) A non-metal with electronic configuration 2, 8, 6 belongs to period ............... and group ............... .
(d) From the elements, carbon — group 14 [IVA], nitrogen — group 15 [VA], oxygen — group 16 [VIA] & sulphur — group 16 [VIA], the element/s which shows allotropy are ............... .
(e) The defects in Mendeleev's Periodic Table disappear if the basis of classification of elements is changed from atomic ............... to atomic ............... .