In the early 1960s, (later famous as A.Q. Khan) was a young metallurgy student in Europe. He noticed that brilliant Pakistani students struggled with chemistry because all periodic tables were in English, German, or French. Local languages lacked standardized scientific terms.
| English Term | Urdu Translation | Transliteration | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Periodic Table | دوری جدول | Dori Jadoon | | Element | عنصر | Ansar | | Atomic Number | جوہری نمبر | Johari Number | | Atomic Mass | جوہری کمیت | Johari Kamiat | | Group (Vertical Column) | گروہ | Group | | Period (Horizontal Row) | دور | Dor | | Metal | دھات | Dhaat | | Non-Metal | غیر دھات | Ghair Dhaat | | Metalloid | نیم دھات | Neem Dhaat | | Valence Electrons | ظرفی الیکٹران | Zarfi Electron | periodic table in urdu pdf
There are 18 vertical columns. Elements in the same group share similar chemical properties. In the early 1960s, (later famous as A