Periodic Table of Chemical Elements
2019 is the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements (IYPT 2019)! Let's celebrate!
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Mendeleev’s Periodic Table of Chemical Elements in 1869.
In celebration, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) officially proclaimed 2019 as “The United Nations International Year of The Periodic Table of Chemical Elements,” or "IYPT 2019."
Join us as we celebrate throughout the year by showing how chemical elements are central to "linking cultural, economic and political aspects of the global society through a common language, whilst also celebrating the genesis and development of the periodic table over the last 150 years."
Periodic Table Merchandise
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Member-Get-A-Member
ACS Members! Celebrate IYPT2019 with the limited edition of the Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements blanket. Recruit a new member through MGM and receive your blanket, free!
ACS Periodic Playoff
The chemical elements face off. Vote and campaign for your favorites today!
#myElement
Campaign for your favorite element on social media using #myElement, and tell us your Element Story for a chance to be featured on our main page http://my.acs.org/. Bonus: Add IYPT to your profile with Twitter and Facebook headers!
Download: Twitter IYPT header | Facebook IYPT cover
Join us for Tuesday Trivia
Test your periodic table knowledge and chemistry skills every Tuesday on Instagram and Twitter for #TriviaTuesday #IYPT2019
Share and Explore Community Events
See what other people are doing around the world. Tell us what you’re doing to be featured here.
Plan Outreach Events
Host hands-on science activities for the public during National Chemistry Week, Chemists Celebrate Earth Week, or anytime during the year.
Plan Technical Programming
Talk about the ongoing evolution of the periodic table and the importance of various elements with your ACS Student Chapter, Local Section, International Chemical Sciences Chapter, or other group.
Host your Own Contest
Use periodic table merchandise as prizes for creative uses of the periodic table, poem contests, art contests, and more.
Vote in the "I Spy a Periodic Table" contest
Take a look at the all the photo entries in the "I Spy a Periodic Table" contest, and vote for your favorite entry of the C&EN "Best of" in each category: cupcakes, fashion, historical, housewares, kids and pets, school and office, tiny tables, and other. The readers' choice winner will be announced March 4.
Want to see your project or article featured here? Email iypt@acs.org!
Latest News
- Describing the periodic table using only the 1000 most frequently used words
- Nature: Can quantum ideas explain chemistry’s greatest icon?
- ScienceMag: A storied Russian lab is trying to push the periodic table past its limits—and uncover exotic new elements
- ChemistryWorld: Is this the world’s oldest classroom periodic table?
- Scientific American: Happy Sesquicentennial, Periodic Table!
- ScienceNews: How the periodic table went from a sketch to an enduring masterpiece
- Share your periodic table in everyday life with C&EN's "I Spy a Periodic Table" Photo Contest
- JSTOR: How far does the periodic table go?
- The first IYPT Event took place in India on January 2
- Choose an element and join the IUPAC periodic table challenge quiz!
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Periodic Table Trends on periodictiy.io
History of the Periodic Table on Tableau Public
L'Élémentarium (en Français)
The Periodic Graphics of Elements
Elemental Haiku on Science Magazine
Did You Know?
In 1977 Henry A. Hill was the first African American president of the American Chemical Society and did extensive work with polymers. He was also dedicated to improving employer-employee relationships and is noted for his dedication to professionalism. An ACS award is named in his honor.
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