Periodic Table
This group contains metals that are very reactive and readily form in the +1 oxidation state.
What are the alkali metals?
This periodic trend is based on increasing n, and increases down a group and across a row.
What is atomic size?
Electronegativity trends lead to these types of relationships where chemicals not in the same group or row have similar properties.
What are diagonal relationships?
Elements on the left side of the periodic table, such as Lithium and Magnesium, act as these.
What are reductants?
Process used to obtain sodium from rock salt
What is the Downs process? (or what is electrolysis?)
This group contains elements that readily form in the -2 oxidation state. The majority of the elements in this group are nonmetals.
What are the Chalcogens?
This periodic trend is based on how much an element wants to become an anion.
What is electron affinity?
This electronegativity scale is based off of bonding.
What is the Pauling electronegativity scale?
Elements on the right side of the periodic table, such as fluorine and chlorine, act as these.
What are oxidants?
Element most similar to lithium on the periodic table.
What is magnesium? (as a result of the diagonal relationship)
This group contains the most electronegative element, and these elements readily form ions in the -1 oxidation state.
What are the halogens?
This periodic trend decreases down a group as the lowest incompletely occupied atomic orbital becomes larger and roughly increases across a row as the effective nuclear charge increases.
What is electronegativity?
This electronegativity scale bases electronegativities off of electron affinity and ionization energies.
What is the Mulliken scale?
This element is the best reductant on the periodic table.
What is Francium, Fr?
Common source of magnesium on Earth
What is seawater?
This group contains classically inert elements, which readily form diatomic molecules.
What are the Nobel Gases?
This periodic trend decreases down a group due to valence orbitals becoming larger and increases across arrow because effective nuclear charge increases.
What is ionization energy?
This electronegativity scale considers electronegativity in terms of effective nuclear charge.
What is the Allred-Rochow scale?
This process occurs when a species reacts with itself to produce two or more stable products.
What is Disproprotionation?
When paired with this element, boron can create "aromatic" compounds isoelectronic to carbon materials
What is nitrogen? (BN = CC)
This group contains metals, nonmetals, and metalloids, including antimony.
What are the Pnictogens?
This type of element makes up most of the periodic table. Some characteristics of these elements include high thermal and heat conductivity.
What are metals?
The most electronegative element.
What is Fluorine?
These three types of diagrams give us information about REDOX of an element based on different oxidation states.
What are Latimer, Frost, and Pourbaix diagrams?
Well-known, regular, repeated use for excited cesium atoms
What are atomic clocks?