Hydrogen over helium: A philosophical position

IF 1.8 3区化学 Q1 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Foundations of Chemistry Pub Date : 2024-04-17 DOI:10.1007/s10698-023-09496-5

René Vernon

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Abstract

Hydrogen is troublesome in any periodic table classification. This being so it may as well be placed in a position that confers desirable attributes to the arrangement of the elements, while notionally recognising its lineage to the group 1 alkali metals and the group 17 halogens. Since the noble gases bridge the halogens and the alkali metals, and hydrogen encompasses the transition from the alkali metals to the halogens, there is more to the idea of hydrogen over helium.

Hydrogen…seems to claim an exceptional position (Meyer 1870, p. 357)

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but in seeing with new eyes (Proust 1927, p. 559)

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氢比氦更重要哲学立场

在任何元素周期表的分类中，氢都是一个麻烦。既然如此，不妨把它放在一个位置上，使元素的排列具有理想的属性，同时在概念上承认它与第 1 族碱金属和第 17 族卤素的关系。由于惰性气体是卤素和碱金属之间的桥梁，而氢包含了从碱金属到卤素的过渡，因此氢比氦有更多的意义。氢......似乎具有特殊的地位（Meyer 1870 年，第 357 页）。

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