Elements
Li
Lithium
Neon
Ne
Highly reactive, soft, silver-colored metals with low densities and melting points
Alkali metals
Hydrogen
0
H20
Water
Xe
Xenon
Zinc
Zn
Chemically inert, colorless, tasteless, and odorless monoatomic non-metals
Noble gases
Oxygen
8
NaCl
Table salt
K
Potassium
Gold
Au
Nonmetallic, highly reactive elements that react with metals to produce a range of salts
Halogens
Deuterium
1
Fe2O3
Rust
Ag
Gold
Rhodium
Rh
six highly reactive elements characterized by two valence electrons, a +2 oxidation state, and silvery-white, shiny appearances
Alkaline Earth metals
Helium
2
KNO3
Nitre
Am
Americium
Tungsten
W
These elements exhibit contraction (decreasing atomic/ionic radius with higher atomic number) and possess unique optical/magnetic properties due to unfilled 4f orbitals
Lanthanides
Thulium
69
C12H22O11
Sucrose