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The Gastropod Shell Structure as a Blueprint
for a Periodic System: A New Theory for
Element Configurations
Nader Butto
Unified Integrative Medicine Centre, Paetah Tikva, Israel
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to propose a new design for the periodic table of
elements. The new design is based on a three-
dimensional (3D) model of the
gastropod shell structure and presents a mechanism of the formation of ele-
ments that reflects the laws of nature that guide the formation of the gastro-
pod shell, electron orbitals, and element structure. The author also identifies
challenges associated with the current standard periodic table, such as the po-
sitions of hydrogen, helium, lanthanides, and actinides. The author’
s research
is a response to the IUPAC’
s request, dating back to 2016, to settle unresolved
disputes surrounding the current standard periodic table. Hence, the author
proposes the “Gastropod Shell Model”,
which presents the periodic system in
2D and 3D snail shells based on a hypothesized unifying principle guiding the
formation of elements: the universal unified theory that considers the spiral
and vortex forms as the bridge between energy and matter. The author was
able
to position hydrogen, helium, lanthanides, and actinides uniquely in their pro-
posed period
ic system to solve problems associated with their positions in the
standard periodic table. Readers will be interested in uncovering the “hypothe-
sized unifying principle guiding the formation of elements”.
Keywords
3D Periodic Table, Gastropod Shell, Spiral Model
1. Introduction
The periodic table of elements is one of the most important developments of
modern science.
It not only unifies a wide range of chemical and physical phenomena, but also
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significantly contributes to the development of atomic physics and eventually to
the theory of quantum mechanics.
However, the periodic table remains an active area of research for physicists and
chemists, and there are always debates about how best to present the periodic ta-
ble, even though it already existed for nearly 153 years.
The classical periodic table is based on the elements that Mendeleev knew when
he developed the table in 1869.
However, Mendeleev was neither the first nor the last person who explained
periodicity. Only a few years earlier, a French geologist Alexandre-Émile Béguy-
er de Chancourtois had published his interpretation: a complicated model in
which the elements were arranged along a spiral line wrapped around a cylinder.
Also in the 1860s, an English pharmacist John Newlands first arranged the ele-
ments by atomic weight, a strategy that Mendeleev and others followed until the
early 1900s when the discovery of atomic numbers provided a more accurate
measure.
The current structure of the periodic table was created in 1945 after Glenn Sea-
borg, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
The modern interpretation of the periodic table came about after the devel-
opment of the physical model of the atom as a positively charged nucleus sur-
rounded by negatively charged electrons. The atoms of various elements differ in
the charge (number of protons) of their nuclei. This hypothesis, which was expe-
rimentally proven, explained the formal numbers for the periodic table elements
as the set of natural physical invariants for atoms.
The standard periodic table of elements has since evolved into a two-dimensional
table of chemical elements arranged by atomic number, typically in 18 columns
named by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and
seven rows representing different numbers of electrons that can be held by the
inner shells, reflecting different lengths of the periods observed in the periodic
table.
The periodic table presents a scheme of patterns and a law of periodicity that
contributed to a better understanding of the relationships among elements. It pro-
vides a concise way to understand how all known chemical elements react with
each other and form chemical bonds, helps explain the properties that make them
react in this way, aids in the development of new classes of compounds, and aids
in the search for and discovery of new elements.
Theoretical physics has provided a partial explanation of the shape and exis-
tence of the Mendeleev table and its modern versions. Moreover, there seems to
be no exact periodicity because the period has no constant value in the standard
periodic system.
Generations of scientists have made many attempts to express this non-exact
periodicity in various graphical forms of the periodic table: 2D, spiral, helical, or
3D, and more than a thousand alternative periodic tables have often been devel-
oped to highlight or emphasize various chemical or physical properties of elements
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that are not so obvious in traditional periodic tables.
The fact that many versions suggest some doubts as to whether the current stan-
dard periodic table is the best possible configuration should be considered.
Moreover, despite the dramatic changes in science, such as the development
of relativity and quantum mechanics, there has been no revolution in the fun-
damental nature of the periodic table and there is no fundamental model or theory
that supports the standard periodic table or proposed alternative periodic tables.
The electron energy is quantized based on the principle that electrons occupy a
series of energy levels or orbits, each level having a distinct and discrete energy
value. However, a simple quantum mechanical theory does not account for the repe-
tition of all period lengths, except the first.
Therefore, deriving precise, generally applicable laws about chemical elements
from the current periodic table or quantum mechanics is difficult.
Furthermore, the standard arrangement of the periodic table suffers from vari-
ous anomalies; hence, it has recently been questioned by philosophers of science.
Some of them believe that there is a better way to arrange the elements in column
groups.
In the classical periodic table, many jumps from the left to the right side of the
table. In the first three rows and from elements 56 to 88, we have to jump down
to the lower two rows.
Oddly enough, the first two elements, hydrogen, and helium represent some-
thing of an anomaly, and there has always been disagreement about the exact group
they should be assigned. In the conventional modern periodic table, the so-called
medium-length form, which consisted of elements that belong to Groups 1 and
18, respectively, are alkali metals and noble gases.
They argue that there is a correct solution to the disputes over the placement
of certain problematic elements with low atomic numbers, namely, hydrogen and
helium, and at high atomic number end of the periodic table, such as lanthanides
and actinides, which is still an open question.
In the case of hydrogen and helium, there has always been disagreement about
the exact group to which they should be assigned. In the conventional modern
periodic table, the so-called medium-length form, which consisted of elements that
belong to Groups 1 and 18, respectively, are alkali metals and noble gases.
Hydrogen can lose an electron and then gain one. Therefore, it can be placed
either in Group 1 as usual or Group 17 along with halogens. Recently, a new ver-
sion of the left-handed table has been proposed that places hydrogen at the top
of halogens to avoid the heresy of placing helium among the alkaline earth. It
has even been proposed to place hydrogen at the top of the carbon group, since
its atom, like carbon, has a half-filled outer shell. There is no proposal for a pe-
riodic table that ideally solves these grouping problems.
Even helium, element 2, is not so easily assigned. An alternate version of the
periodic table ranks helium with beryllium and magnesium, instead of its noble
gas neighbors, based on the arrangement of all electrons and not just the outer-
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most ones.
The left-tiered table proposed by Charles Janet in 1920 shows the elements in
a continuous order without gaps or interruptions, with the element helium re-
moved from the group of noble gases and moved to alkaline earth, such as beryl-
lium, magnesium, and calcium.
This form has experienced a revival, as it seems to show the order of orbital
occupation more clearly than the conventional form [1].
However, helium was surprisingly placed among alkaline earth metals. This
shift can be justified by the outer electron structure of helium, which, like the
other members of the alkaline earth group, has two such electrons. However,
from a chemical point of view, helium, like noble gases, is the least reactive of all
elements in the periodic table.
Hydrogen atoms have a single proton at their center and a single electron at
the lowest energy level, whereas helium atoms have two protons and two elec-
trons at the lowest energy level, which is filled with the maximum number of
electrons.
Thus, the question of where to put hydrogen and helium remains open and
unresolved.
Another problem is related to Group 3 [2] [3] [4] [5].
Another problem is the position of the lanthanide and actinide groups. In ele-
ment 57, lanthanum is considered part of the f-block. To account for this, in
most periodic tables, elements that make up this f-block are separated and placed
under the table, creating a gap in Group 3.
Therefore, the rare metal is currently in a separate block at the very bottom of
the periodic table.
Moreover, identifying which of the f-block elements should be the first re-
mains controversial. Some chemists believe that the decision should depend on
electron configuration, which would leave the table as it is, with lanthanum and
actinium at the left end of the f-block. Others point out that lutetium and la-
wrencium are currently at the right end because of their chemical properties,
such as the atomic radius and melting point. The periodic table in the long form,
with 32 columns in which the sixth and seventh periods of the lanthanide and
actinide series are inserted, breaks the continuity of elements present in other
periods. Relativistic calculations show that the outermost electron of lawrencium
goes into a 7p orbital rather than a 6d orbital. Recent experiments with this very
short-lived element seem to confirm this placement and suggest that it has a sur-
prisingly low first ionization potential [6].
Therefore, some chemists have argued that lutetium and lawrencium, rather
than lanthanum and actinium, should be assigned to the d-block as heavier ana-
logs of scandium and yttrium, whereas lanthanum and actinium should be con-
sidered the first members of the f-block with irregular configurations [7].
All these problems have convinced some chemists that the standard periodic
table should be redesigned. Mark Leach of Manchester Metropolitan College,
UK, maintains an Internet database of periodic tables [8] that contains hundreds
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of versions.
In 2016, the IUPAC established a working group to settle the still-unresolved
dispute.
The elements are divided into seven groups according to their main energy
level. Each group is characterized by the maximum possible number of levels oc-
cupied by electrons.
However, no theory described the reasons for this behavior. We hypothesize
that there is a unifying principle that guides the formation of elements and de-
termines their structural conformation.
In this study, we propose a unifying model to explain the logic behind the pe-
riodic table and elemental configuration. This model is called the gastropod shell
vortex model because it is the same model behind the formation forces that guide
the gastropod shell in its formation. Further, we will show that all elements were
guided by a common formation mechanism, the snail shell vortex.
In this way, a new model of the periodic system will be presented in the 3D
snail shell model based on a unifying principle that guides the formation of ele-
ments; determines their chemical properties, electron configuration, radius, etc.;
and solves problems and anomalies in the current standard periodic table.
2. Gastropod Shell Structure
The vortex structure is a general blueprint that determines the formation and
structure of matter.
Herein, a unifying spiral model is proposed based on a spiral model that re-
sembles the gastropod shell. This model is not randomly selected but is guided
by a universal unified theory that considers the spiral and vortex forms as the
bridge between energy and matter. The basic structures of elementary particles
have a vortex shape.
A new theory that describes the origin of the fine structure constant is pre-
sented, based on the structures of the electron and the hydrogen atom. Both are
considered as irrotational superfluid vortices with a permanent flow pattern and
differential rotational velocity at the core of the vortex relative to its boundaries.
The previous article [9] described the nature and the origin of Constant G
based on superfluid vortex theory.
This concept has been discussed in several previous articles describing the
electron as a non-rotating superfluid vortex with a permanent flow pattern and a
different rotational velocity in the vortex core compared to its edges. This vortex
model provides a mathematical model for calculating the mass, kinetic energy,
density, volume, time, charge, and particle-wave duality. Such mathematical for-
mulations have been presented to confirm the theory [10] [11].
Furthermore, the vortex form of the electron made it possible to resolve the
puzzling wave-particle dualism [12].
Moreover, the fine structure constant was found to be directly related to the
vortex shape of the electron and hydrogen nucleus [13].
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The same model was presented to explain the origin of the gravitational force
[14] and the gravitational constant G [9], indicating the universality of the phe-
nomena.
Therefore, this study provides a natural continuity to describe the matter of
different complexity levels with the same basic vortex model.
The vortex structure guides the formation of elements and is the blueprint of
their formation, thereby using the blueprint for the structure of the new periodic
table.
We begin by describing the structure of the snail shell to familiarize ourselves
with the model and then apply it to the periodic system.
The snail consists of a shell into which the animal can generally retreat.
Then, >90% of snail species have dextral (right-handed) shells and a small
minority are sinistral (left-handed) [15] (
Figure 1).
The gastropod shell used in our study is dextral.
The main gastropod shell of the snail consists of seven whorls, the apex, the
columella, the mouth or opening, the lip, and four or more spikes (
Figure 2).
Each whorl can have 0, 1, or 2 revolutions. Each revolution turns 360˚ known
as the period. With each revolution, the generation curve remains constant
throughout its growth.
Each level has the shape of a sinuous snail shell with an apex and a depressed
umbilicus in the base and an aperture (
Figure 3).
The spiral shell structure may contain one, two, or four turns in each plane
(
Figure 4).
The main body consists of seven superimposed snail shells, with the apex of
each level merging with the umbilicus of the next level (
Figure 5).
The snail shell of the first level has no revolution with only two vortices, one
at the aperture and the second at its apex (
Figure 6).
The second and third whorls each have one revolution, labeled A; the fourth
and fifth each have two revolutions, labeled A and B; the sixth level has four
Figure 1. Shells of two different species of marine snails: on the left, the normally sinistral
(left-handed) shell, and on the right, the normally dextral (right-handed) shell.
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Figure 5. The structure of the main shell, which consists of seven snail shells, with the
shell base aligned with the apex of the main shell and the apex of the snail shell aligned
with the base of the main shell.
Figure 6. Closed snail with the spiral aperture.
revolutions A, B, and two Cs; and the seventh has A, B, and two Periods D.
The diameter of the turns in the single level decreases from the shell opening
in that plane to the apex. In each new level, the diameter of the snail shell from
the apex of the snail to the base is larger than that in the previous plane, in-
creasing the diameter from one level to another but decreasing within the same
level.
A continuity between A periods in different levels forming one spiral line is
established, starting from Level 2 to Level 7. Similar to Period B, there is continuity
between Period B of different levels, starting from Level 4 to Level 7 (
Figure 7).
In all levels with Periods A and B, a continuity between two Periods A and B is
established (
Figure 8).
The apical view allows viewing the spiral model that distinguishes between
Periods A and B by different colors (
Figure 9).
In the gastropod shell, the sixth and seventh levels are connected to the shell
aperture with two lips C and D; the inner lip C is connected to Level 6 and the
outer lip D is connected to Level 7.
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Figure 7. Left: The spatial relationship between Periods A and B. Right: Periods A (clear
line) and B (dark line) as the continuation of two spirals: (A) and (B).
Figure 8. The gastropod shell model shows that each level contains a vortex on the columella, regardless of how many periods
each level contains.
The outer lip cylinder D has a smaller radius than the inner C; however, the
radius decreases from the right to the left in both. In each lip, 14 small spikes
were observed (
Figure 10).
The inner lip is labeled Period C, and the outer lip with Period D. These two
periods have a spatial orientation normal to Groups A and B (
Figure 11).
The connection between the seven snail shells in the central axis of the main
shell forms the columella, which runs from the apex of the shell to the middle of
the underside of the shell or the upper end of the siphonal canal (
Figure 12).
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Figure 9. The spiral model in which Periods A are drawn in green lines and Periods B in
blue lines.
Figure 10. The two lips of the gastropod shell opening. In each lip, 14 protruding small
spikes were marked with blue and green circles.
Furthermore, in the gastropod shell model, four protruding spikes are con-
nected to Periods 4A, 5A, 6A, and 7A. The diameter of their spikes decreases
from the base of the spike to the apex (
Figure 13).
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Figure 11. The vortex tubes with gray light color stand for Periods A, the dark green col-
or for Periods B, the red color for Period C, and the blue color for Period D.
Figure 12. The left side of the columella is the axial backbone of the gastropod shell and
forms a central spiral line. The right side of the culomella is represented by the central
green line.
Figure 13. The diameter of the spikes decreases from the base to the apex.
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3. Element Configuration
The arrangement of elements has a very concise orientation determined by the
general shape of the gastropod shell model. The chemical and physical proper-
ties are determined based on the position of elements in the 3D model.
In the gastropod model, the main shell is divided into seven levels, each level
can have zero, one, two, or four periods. We define a period as a 360˚ spiral tube,
each containing seven elements numbered with Roman numerals from I to VII.
All elements that are at the same level have the same principal quantum num-
ber,
i.e.
the number of orbital shells surrounding the nucleus.
In the first level, no period is assigned and contains only the two elements hy-
drogen and helium. In the second and third levels, a period comprising seven
elements is assigned,
i.e.
Period A. In the fourth and fifth levels, there are two
periods with seven elements each, Periods A and B, respectively. Furthermore, in
the sixth and seventh levels, two more periods are assigned with fourteen ele-
ments each, Period C in Level 6 and D in Level 7. The fact that each of these two
periods has 14 elements is considered two periods. Therefore, the sixth and se-
venth levels each have four periods.
The four spikes associated with Period A in Levels 4 to 7 have three numbered
VIII IX and X each.
The nucleus orbital shell is patterned to the shape of a snail shell arranged
vertically in the vortex tube of the period, with the tip aligned with the center of
the main snail (
Figure 14).
The elements in Period B are numbered from 1 to 7 as in Period A. When Pe-
riod A is followed by Period B, the elements are again numbered from 1 to 7.
The hydrogen is connected to the columella where helium is located, and at the
end of Period A in Levels 2 and 3, which are connected to the noble gas located in
Figure 14. Seven elements within each period, the diameter of the orbital shell of ele-
ments decreases with the increase of their atomic number.
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the columella (Figure 15).
The elements in different levels that have the same number in Periods A and B
form a column known as a group, numbered from I to VII with Roman numer-
als. Noble gases are designated by Group 0. The elements in the spikes are called
Group S and numbered VIII, IX, and X. Thus, there are eleven vertical groups
and seven horizontal levels.
Group zero
Group 0 is located at the center of each level along the columella, which con-
tains 7 elements: helium (He), neon (Ne), argon (Ar), krypton (Kr), xenon (Xe),
radon (Rn), and oganesson (Og) (
Figure 16).
The apical view of noble gases looks like multiple vortices overlapping within
the spiral center (
Figure 17).
Figure 15. The spatial configuration of elements in Levels 1 and 2. If there are two pe-
riods, only the end of Period B is associated with the noble gas.
Figure 16. Lateral (right) and apical views (left) of the configuration of noble gases along the central helix
of the columella.
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4. Configuration of Elements in Period A
Period A is represented in all seven levels with seven elements each and arranged
horizontally in seven groups from I to VII. All elements in Period A in different
levels with the same number from the vertical column. The horizontal periods
represent the quantum number and the vertical groups represent the atomic num-
ber. In each group, the atomic number increases vertically based on rules 2, 8, 8,
18, 18, and (
Table 1).
Elements La, Lu, Ac, and Lr are attributed to Period C, but there are empty
spaces in the table that match rules 18 and 32 with Period A elements. Therefore,
we can assume that these four elements belong to Periods C and A.
This arrangement can be represented as a 3D helical shell or spiral model
when viewed from the top of the shell to the base (
Figure 18.)
The radius of each element in Group A is determined based on its position in
Figure 17. Noble gases at the center of the spiral shell along the central axis.
Table 1. Period A elements.
Level
+ period
Group
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
2A
3 Li
4Be
5B
6C
7N
8O
9F
3A
11Na
12Mg
13Al
14 Si
15P
16S
17Cl
4A
19K
20Ca
21Sc
22 Ti
23V
24Cr
25Mn
5A
37Rb
38Sr
39Y
40Zr
41Nb
42Mo
43Tc
6A
55Cs
56Ba
57La 71Lu
72Hf
73Ta
74W
75Re
7A
87Fr
88Ra
89Ac 103Lr
104Rf
105Db
106Sg
107Bh
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Figure 18. Right, the configuration of elements in Group A in the gastropod shell, and left, the apical view of the spiral model. The
elements of the same group have the same color.
Figure 19. The snail shell model applied to the relationship between helium and hydrogen.
the gastropod shell model.
On the first level, two elements had quantum number 1, where hydrogen is in
the corresponding opening of the snail and helium in the middle corresponds to
the protoconch of the snail shell (
Figure 19).
Hydrogen is located at the opening of the first snail shell, which has a hori-
zontal orientation, whereas the helium vortex is located at the center of the ga-
stropod main shell. This structural model revealed that the radius of the snail
aperture is larger than that of the apex.
Therefore, the atomic radius of the helium atom,
i.e.
31 × 10
−12
m, is smaller than
the hydrogen radius,
i.e.
53 × 10
−12
m, although it has a higher atomic number.
5. Group S
Another group associated with Period A is Group S, including the so-called iron
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group. This group includes 12 elements, which are found in four protruding
spikes of the main shell, which are connected with Period A, namely, with 4A,
5A, 6A, and 7A, containing three elements each (
Figure 20).
These elements are referred to as VIII, IX, and X groups. They are distinguished
from other elements because they have obvious similarities in their chemistry
and electronegativity but are not related to any of the other groups.
When Group S is added to Group A, three more groups are added VIII, IX,
and X, and we get the following arrangement (
Table 2).
The atomic number of elements in the same group increases in different steps
based on the same rule 18, 32, and 32.
This order can be represented in a spiral or 3D spiral shell and a 2D spiral
model (
Figure 21).
Figure 20. Group S includes 12 elements, which are present in four shell spikes
Table 2. Period A and Group S elements adding to the tabe VIII, XI and X groups.
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
1A
1H
2A
3Li
4Be2
5B3
6C4
7N
8O
9F
3A
11Na
12Mg
13Al
14Si
15P
16S
17Cl
4A
19K
20Ca
21Sc
22Ti
23V
24Cr
25Mn
26 Fe
27Co
28Ni
5A
37Rb
38Sr
39Y
40Zr
41Nb
42Mo
43Tc
44 Ru
45Rh
46Pd
6A
55Cs
56Ba
57La 71Lu
72Hf
73Ta
74W
75Re
76 Os
77Ir
78Pt
7A
87Fr
88Ra
89Ac 103Lr
104Rf
105Db
106Sg
107Bh
108Hs
109Mt
110Ds
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Figure 21. Left: Apical and lateral views of Group A and Group S as protruding spikes. Right: The relationship between elements
in Period A and Groups S, VIII, IX, and X.
Table 3. Period B elements.
Level + period
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
4B
29Cu
30Zn
31Ga
32Ge
33As
34Se
35Br
5B
47Ag
48Cd
49In
50Sn
51Sb
52Te
53I
6B
79Au
80Hg
81Ti
82Pb
83Bi
84Po
85At
7B
111Rg
112Cn
113Nh
114Fl
115Mc
116Lv
117Ts
6. Element Configuration in Period B
Period B is added to Periods A, from Levels 4 to 7. Each period has seven ele-
ments in a similar way to Period A.
The elements in Period B of the same group in different levels have an in-
creasing atomic number based on rules 18 and 32. These elements are arranged
in seven groups (columns) and four energy levels (rows) (
Table 3).
This arrangement can be presented as a spiral or 3D gastropod shell model or
as a spiral model (
Figure 22).
7. Combination of Periods A and B
The combination between Periods A and B can be presented in seven groups in
the spiral model (
Figure 23).
The combination of the element configuration in Periods A and B sheds light
on the relationship between different elements represented in a periodic table
(
Table 4).
It is worth noting again that there are two elements in Periods 6A and 7A in
Group III.
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Figure 22. Left: Period B element configuration of lateral view of the gastropod model shell. Right: Period B (blue lines) element
configuration in a spiral model (apical view).
Figure 23. The combination of Groups A and B in a spiral model.
This helps us solve the problem of finding lawrencium. On the one hand, the
atomic number of element 57La adds 18 to that of element 39Y in 6A. Another
criterion that confirms periodicity is the difference of 10 between the element
103Lr in Period A and element 113Nh in Period B at the same level.
8. Periods A and B and Group 0
Noble gases are classified as Group 0 and Period 0 so that they are separated
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Table 4. Elements of Period A and Period B and the difference of ten between elements of Period A and Period B in the same level
elements of Period A and Period B and the difference of ten between elements of Period A and Period B in the same plane.
Level period
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
10
1H
2A
3Li
4Be2
5B3
6C4
7N
8O
9F
3A
11Na
12Mg
13Al
14Si
15P
16S
17Cl
4A
19K
20Ca
21Sc
22Ti
23V
24Cr
25Mn
26Fe
27Co
28Ni
B
29Cu
30Zn
31Ga
32Ge
33As
34Se
35Br
5A
37Rb
38Sr
39Y
40Zr
41Nb
42Mo
43Tc
44Ru
45Rh
46Pd
B
47Ag
48Cd
49In
50Sn
51Sb
52Te
53I
6A 55Cs 56Ba
57La
71Lu
72Hf 73Ta 74W 75Re 76Os 77Ir 78Pt
B
79Au
80Hg
81Ti
82Pb
83Bi
84Po
85At
7A 87Fr 88Ra
89Ac
103Lr
104Rf 105Db 106Sg 107Bh 108Hs 109Mt 110Ds
B
111Rg
112Cn
113Nh
114Fl
115Mc
116Lv
117Ts
from horizontal Periods A and B and vertical eight groups when arranged in the
new periodic table.
The group of noble gases is located at the center of the gastropod shell 3D
model (
Figure 24).
When presented in a spiral model, noble gases can be presented at the center
of the spiral or on the sides (
Figure 25).
9. Periods C and D
Lanthanides and actinides are groups of elements in the periodic table often re-
ferred to as rare earth or “inner transition metals”. They are listed below as the
main part of the standard periodic table.
In the gastropod shell model, these two periods are located at the aperture of
the gastropod, consisting of two rings at the inner and outer lips, containing Pe-
riods C and D, respectively.
Lanthanides are elements with atomic numbers from La57 to Lu71 and are
located at the inner lip of the aperture. These elements are categorized in Group
C, and the element La57 marks the boundary to transition metal elements.
However, elements La57 and Lu71 belong to Period A. Rules 8, 8, 18, 18, 32, and
32 are maintained between element 39Y in Group A and La57, and the rules of
difference by 10 between Periods A and B are maintained between element Lu71
and Ti81, 21Sc and 31Ga, or 39Y and 49In, 103Lr and 113Nh, etc. This criterion
helps us check the correctness of element configuration.
Thus, the group of lanthanides in Period 6A of Group III begins with the ele-
ment La57, making a loop and ends with the element 71 (lutetium), which is in
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Figure 25. (Left) The spiral model with Periods A and B, where noble gases in the middle are in different layers, (right) noble
gases on the lateral side.
Figure 26. The spiral view of the element configuration in the C and D Periods.
the same Period 6A and Group III. Similarly, Period D contains elements between
elements 89 (actinium) looping in quantum Level 7A in Group III and ends with
element 103 (lawrencium) in the same Group III in quantum Level 7A (
Figure 26).
Therefore, one of the oxidation states that both series have is +3. Although ac-
tinides have variable oxidation states of +3, +4, +5, +6, and +7, when Groups C
and D are arranged in the 3D spiral, they are located based on the aperture (
Figure
27).
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However, when the new arrangement I presented as tabular, lanthanides and
actinides are inserted within the table, starting in Group III, forming a loop, and
then returning to Group III (
Table 5).
This is a new periodic table, comprising seven levels with colors ranging from
red to violet. In each level, there is zero, one, two, or four periods. In the first
level, no period was assigned, except for two elements, hydrogen and helium. In
the second and third levels, Periods A and 0 are assigned. In each Period A, sev-
en elements are numbered I to VII, and in Period 0, one noble gas is assigned. In
Table 5. The new periodic table arrangement.
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Levels 3 and 4, two Periods A and B are assigned, each with seven elements, and
a zero Period, each with one noble gas. In Periods 6 and 7, there are Periods A
and B with seven elements each, Period B connected to Period 0 with noble gas
in each level, and C in the sixth and D in the seventh with fourteen elements.
These periods are connected to Period A at each level and correspond to the lips
of the shell aperture.
Therefore in the new table, there are 20 rows. Furthermore, there are eleven
columns named groups and enumerated from 0 to X. Each group has elements
with similar chemical properties.
10. Mathematical Rules of Periodicity
The gastropod shell has seven vortices associated with the levels. Each vortex can
have 0, 1, 2, or 4 turns or periods (
Table 6).
The number of elements in each level depends on the number of periods and
the presence or absence of lateral spikes.
To calculate the number of elements (N
e
) in each level for the first five levels,
the following equation is used:
N
e
= 2 (
l
+ 1)
2
Moreover, for the sixth and seventh levels:
N
e
= 2 (
l
2
)
where
l
is the number of periods in each level.
For example, in the first level, there is no period, with two elements; in the
second and third levels, there is one period each 2 (1 + 1)
2
= 8, with 8 elements;
in the fourth and fifth levels, there are two periods each, 2 (2 + 1)
2
= 18; and in
the sixth and seventh levels, there are four periods each, with 2 (4)
2
= 32 ele-
ments where Periods C and D have 14 elements each; therefore, they are consi-
dered as two periods.
The atomic number of elements in the same group occurring in the same pe-
riod increases based on rules 2, 8, 8, 18, 18, 32, and 32, for example, the first
Table 6. The 7 quantum number elements with increasing number of elements according
to the rules 2, 8, 8, 18, 18, 32, and 32.
Principal
Quantum
number (level)
The name of
the period
Number of
revolutions
Number of
elements
The elements
1
0
0
2
1-Hydrogen, 2-Helium
2
A
1
8
3-Lithium … 10-Neon
3
A
1
8
11-Sodium …18-Agon
4
A + B
2
18
19-potassium…36-Krypton
5
A + B
2
18
37-Rubidium …54-Xenon
6
A + B + C
4
32
55-Cesium …. 86-Radon
7
A + B + D
4
32
87Francium…118-Oganesson
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group (Table 7).
The atomic number of Period B occurring in the same group increases based
on the same rule 18, 18, 32, and 32 (
Table 8).
The atomic number of Period B occurring in the same level and the same
group increases by 10 (
Table 9).
Table 7. The atomic number of the elements follows the rules 2, 8, 8, 18, 18, 32, and 32.
I
1H
3Li
11Na
19K
37Rb
55Cs
87Fr
Table 8. The atomic number of the elements of Period B in the same group follows the
same rule 18, 18, 32 and 32.
Level + period
II
4B
30Zn
5B
48Cd
6B
80Hg
7B
112Cn
Table 9. The ratio between the elements of Period A (blue color) and Period B (red color). The atomic number of the elements of
the same group in Period B increases by 10 compared to Period A.
Level period
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
10
1H
2A
3Li
4Be2
5B3
6C4
7N
8O
9F
3A
11Na
12Mg
13Al
14Si
15P
16S
17Cl
4A
19K
20Ca
21Sc
22Ti
23V
24Cr
25Mn
26Fe
27Co
28Ni
B
29Cu
30Zn
31Ga
32Ge
33As
34Se
35Br
5A
37Rb
38Sr
39Y
40Zr
41Nb
42Mo
43Tc
44Ru
45Rh
46Pd
B
47Ag
48Cd
49In
50Sn
51Sb
52Te
53I
6A 55Cs 56Ba
57La
71Lu
72Hf 73Ta 74W 75Re 76Os 77Ir 78Pt
B
79Au
80Hg
81Ti
82Pb
83Bi
84Po
85At
7A 87Fr 88Ra
89Ac
103Lr
104Rf 105Db 106Sg 107Bh 108Hs 109Mt 110Ds
B
111Rg
112Cn
113Nh
114Fl
115Mc
116Lv
117Ts
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11. Discussion
The structure of the new periodic system is based on the 3D model of a gastro-
pod shell, which can be represented as a helical 3D and spiral or tabular 2D that
provides a blueprint for the formation and configuration of elements, as well as a
complete explanation of periodicity, which explains the repetition of all period
lengths. Hence, it is called the periodic system rather than the periodic table
based on the law of sevenths and octaves like musical notes with repetitions in
element properties that the periodic system captures so beautifully.
The new periodic system provides precise and valid laws about chemical ele-
ments.
In this new periodic system, the problems related to the assignment of the hy-
drogen, helium, lanthanide, and actinide groups are solved. No gaps are ob-
served between the elements, and the regularity of the periodic table is presented
to the highest degree.
In the conventional modern periodic table, elements hydrogen and helium fall
into Groups 1 and 18, respectively, the alkali and noble gases. In the new system,
helium is at the top of the noble gases because it is nonreactive, and at the top of
the alkaline earth metals, such as beryllium, magnesium, and calcium because it
contains two electrons.
Hydrogen is placed at Level I of Group I and the vicinity of the halogens in
Group VII. All halogens are the last element before the following noble gases,
and hydrogen in connection with helium occupies the same position as halogens
in connection with noble gases. Simultaneously, hydrogen is at the top of the
carbon group because its atom has a half-filled outer shell like carbon. Further-
more, this arrangement provides a perfect triad of atomic numbers 1H, 9F, and
17Cl.
Many textbooks and wall charts of the periodic table showed that Group 3 con-
sisted of scandium, yttrium, lanthanum, and actinium. A similar number of tables
show a difference in the last two elements, lutetium, and lawrencium.
By placing lanthanides and actinides in the opening of the gastropod shell, we
solve the problem in Group III. According to the new system, the group of lan-
thanides starts with lanthanum in Group III, makes a loop, and returns to Group
III, the same is true for the group of actinides, which starts with actinium in
Group III and closes the loop with lawrencium in Group III. This explains the
electron configuration of lanthanum and actinium with their partially filled
d-shells. Therefore, all four elements lanthanum, lutetium, actinium, and lawren-
cium are included in Group III.
This arrangement is justified because lutetium and lawrencium, as the heavier
analogs of scandium and yttrium, are assigned to the d block, as are lanthanum
and actinium, which are considered to lie on the boundary between the f and d
blocks. Moreover, the rule 8, 8, 18, 18, 32, and 32 is maintained between the
element 39Y in Group A and La57, and the rule of difference by 10 between Pe-
riods A and B is maintained between the element Lu71 and the element Ti 81,
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103Lr and 113Nh. Finally, the three elements 39Y, Lu71, and 103Lr form a per-
fect triad.
12. Conclusions
The proposed design for the periodic table of elements presented in this article
has the potential to significantly impact the field of chemistry. By using a 3D
model of the gastropod shell structure, the authors suggest a new mechanism for
understanding how the elements were formed and how their configuration in
the system determines their chemical and physical properties. The new periodic
system is symmetrical and elegant, and reflects the laws of nature, which could
inspire new approaches to designing scientific systems.
While the proposed design has not yet been widely accepted by the scientific
community and requires further validation, it may stimulate discussion and fur-
ther research into the arrangement and classification of elements. It could also
contribute to the ongoing development of the field of chemistry and potentially
lead to significant changes in the way that chemistry is taught and understood.
Overall, the proposed design offers a novel and exciting perspective on the peri-
odic table of elements and has the potential to advance our understanding of the
fundamental building blocks of matter.
Conflicts of Interest
The author declares no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this pa-
per.
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