This document provides an introduction to the periodic table including its history and key concepts. It discusses the early scientists who contributed to the development of the periodic table like Dmitri Mendeleev, Johann D旦bereiner, Lothar Meyer, and John Newlands. It then defines important periodic table terms including atomic number, symbol, atomic weight, and explains how to use the periodic table to find proton, electron and neutron numbers. It also distinguishes between elements, compounds and mixtures. Finally, it discusses periodic table groups and periods as well as Bohr's atomic model and the quantum mechanical model of the atom.