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How were elements arranged in the long form of the periodic table or the Modern Periodic Table. State the Modern Periodic Law and compare it with Mendeleeff's Periodic Law.

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In the Modern Periodic Table elements are arranged in increasing order of atomic number.

Modern Periodic Law states that the physical and chemical properties of elements are periodic function of their 'atomic numbers'.

Mendeleeff's Periodic Law states that the physical and chemical properties of elements are periodic function of their 'atomic weights'.

The basis of classification in Mendeleeff's Periodic Law was atomic weight of the element whereas in the Modern Periodic Law it is the atomic number of elements. This change in the Modern Periodic Law solves most of the defects in Mendeleeff's Periodic table.

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