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What were the criteria used by Mendeléey in creating his Periodic Table?

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Mendeleev used the following two criteria while creating his Periodic Table:
a] Elements having similar chemical properties, especially those which had similar formulae of oxides and hydrides, were put together in the same group.
b] Elements were arranged in the order of increasing atomic mass.
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