Soon afterward, a majority of chemists chose to classify these elements in group IB and remove them from group VIII for the resulting symmetry: this was the predominant classification until the rise of the modern medium-long 18-column periodic table, which separated the alkali metals and group 11 metals.
sˈuːn ˈæftɚwɚd, ɐ mədʒˈɔːɹᵻɾi ʌv kˈɛmɪsts tʃˈoʊz tə klˈæsᵻfˌaɪ ðiːz ˈɛlɪmənts ɪn ɡɹˈuːp ˌaɪbˈiː ænd ɹᵻmˈuːv ðˌɛm fɹʌm ɡɹˈuːp ɹˌoʊmən ˈeɪt fɚðə ɹɪzˈʌltɪŋ sˈɪmətɹi: ðɪs wʌzðə pɹɪdˈɑːmɪnənt klˌæsɪfɪkˈeɪʃən ʌntˈɪl ðə ɹˈaɪz ʌvðə mˈɑːdɚn mˈiːdiəmlˈɔŋ ˈeɪtiːŋkˈɑːlʌm pˌiəɹɪˈɑːdɪk tˈeɪbəl, wˌɪtʃ sˈɛpɚɹˌeɪɾᵻd ðɪ ˈælkəlˌaɪ mˈɛɾəlz ænd ɡɹˈuːp ɪlˈɛvən mˈɛɾəlz.