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Electron configuration and spectroscopy give order to the periodic table because of thier properites. Electron configuration is the arrangment and number of electrons in an atom. As the number and arrangment of electrons goes up, it gives a numerical order to them. This allows for the table to first have organization.

Spectroscopy is the amount of light given off by atoms in different colors of the spectrum. These colors and thier positions give identity to the atom. This then sets structure for the periodic table for the different elements to be put into specific groups with specific properties shared by the group.

Zirconium was discovered by Martin Hienrich Klaproth, a German chemist, who was studing the mineral jargon (ZrSiO4). It was made into it pure form in 1824 by a man named Jons Jacob Berzelius. Since zirconium is very resistant to erosion, it is used in high performance machinery. And since it does not easily absorb neutrons it is also used in neuclear reactors.

Revised Question 2

Electron configuration and spectroscopy have facilitated the organization of the periodic table because it gives the table an order on which to follow. the electron configuration is a constant pattern that electron fit into when forming new atoms, and spectroscopy deals with the light givin off when those electrons become excited. Because both of those things are unchangeable variables, they can be used as a sense of order. The periodic table is constant because becuase both electron configuration and spectroscopy are constant.

Americcium was discovered in 1944 by Glenn T. Seaborg. He discovered it by bombarding plutonium with neutrons. Am241 is commonly used as a part of home smoke detectors due to its radioactivity and the ability of radiation to be easily detected.