One day, on a continent, there was a very peaceful kingdom. The kingdom was so large that its territory almost covered the entire continent. The kingdom was called Periodic. The Periodic Kingdom was the kingdom that had the greatest power among the kingdoms on other continents. Despite having great power, the Periodic Kingdom did not oppress its people or other kingdoms. Its people were very obedient to the king of the Periodic Kingdom.
The Periodic Kingdom has existed for a long time ago; in fact, it is the oldest kingdom in the world. History tells us that eight people founded the Periodic Kingdom. These eight people were Jabir Alkali, Lavoisier Elkali, Dobreiner Boron, Newlands Carbon, Mendeleev Nitrogen, Meyer Oxygen, Moseley Halogen, and Seaborg Noas. They are known as the Octavius, the founders and leaders of the Periodic Kingdom.
"Wait a minute, I think I know these names," I said.
My name is Arunika Wijaya, a chemistry teacher at Bhanuresmi High School. I'm currently enjoying my free time by going to the city library. I accidentally came across a book that caught my attention. The title was "Periodic Kingdom." I was currently reading it, thinking about something because I had heard the names of the nobles mentioned in the book.
Initially, Antoine Lavoisier tried to group elements into metals and nonmetals in 1789. Forty years later, Johan Döbereiner arranged elements based on their atomic masses by creating groups of three elements. This arrangement became known as the Döbereiner triad. The mass of the element in the middle is the average of the sum of the masses of the two elements on the left and right. However, Döbereiner's theory had a weakness, namely that it could not explain the relationship between the properties of one triad and another.
In 1865, John Newlands discovered that elements arranged in order of increasing atomic mass would have similar properties after the eighth atom. This meant that the first element would have properties similar to the eighth element, the second element similar to the ninth element, and so on, thus becoming known as the octave theory. Both Dobereiner's and octave theories focused solely on the physical properties of elements.
In 1869, Dmitri Mendeleev arranged the elements based on similarities in their physical and chemical properties, which became known as the short-form periodic table. The properties of the elements were arranged in order of increasing atomic mass. However, the short-form periodic table had a weakness: some elements were arranged in an order that did not correspond to their atomic mass. This error was corrected by Henry Moseley by arranging the elements in order of increasing atomic number. This arrangement is known as the long-form periodic table because the periods are on the horizontal rows and the groups are on the vertical rows.
"Ah, so the author of this book took references from several chemists and the periodic table of elements. No wonder the title is Periodic Kingdom," I muttered.
I thought for a moment, trying to figure out the remaining unknown group names. Alkali for group 1, Elkali, probably an abbreviation of Alkaline Earth for group 2, Boron for group 13, Carbon for group 14, Nitrogen for group 15, Oxygen for group 16, Halogen for group 17, and Noas for group 18, also known as noble gases. Oh yeah, in the new rules, they no longer mention groups A and B, but instead just groups 1 through 18.
"Hmm, the author's way of presenting his thoughts is interesting. I guess I'll have to keep reading to find out," I said.
In this world, there are two types of power: physical power and magical power. Generally, people with physical power have above-average physical abilities. Likewise, people with magical powers possess magical abilities that are above average compared to ordinary people. Both physical and magical powers complement each other.
"Wow, there are magical abilities too. Hm, I really want to enter this storybook. But I have to face the reality that it's impossible," I muttered.