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How many elements are in the periodic table?

118

Background

The periodic table lists 118 elements. The first 94 occur in nature, the rest were made in labs. The lightest element is hydrogen, the heaviest oganesson. The Russian chemist Mendeleev first arranged them starting in 1869.

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