It plays a crucial role in the development of the field of chemistry as it allows you to organize the elements so that you can predict both their chemical and physical properties based on the elements position in the table . Trends in the periodic table such as groups, periods, blocks, metallic metalloids, and nonmetals, as well as trends between each grouping method would be difficult and nearly impossible to identify without the existence of the periodic table. Furthermore, periodic trends such as electronic configuration, ionization energy of atomic rays, electronegativity, electron affinity, and metallic character would not be identified without the discovery of the periodic table. Although the periodic table has small flaws, such as several elements not fitting into some trends, and more important discoveries such as atomic theory and the synthesis of Urea were important to the field of chemistry, the periodic table is the foundation or building blocks for further discoveries and therefore its development is important in the field of