what were the characteristics of the first mendeleev periodic table
Dmitri Mendeleev was a Russian chemist who lived from 1834-1907. He is considered to be the most important contributor to the development of the periodic table. His version of the periodic table organized elements into rows according to their atomic mass, and into columns based on chemical and physical properties.Using his table, Mendeleev was able to predict characteristics of undiscovered elements.To unlock this lesson you must be a Study.com Member.hile constructing his version of the periodic table, Mendeleev noticed that some spaces were better left empty, because there was no known element that had the necessary characteristics. Mendeleev hypothesized that these empty spaces were for elements that had not been discovered yet.