Names of elements
C
Carbon
The vertical columns. There are eight of them. They include elements with similar properties.
groups.
6
carbon
Sodium
Na+
The smallest part of matter.
atom
H
Hydrogen
The type of elements on the left of the zigzag line.
metals
5
Beryllium
Chlorine
Cl-
Something which consists of only one type of atom.
an element
He
Helium
The type of element on the right of the zigzag line.
non-metals
22
argon
Magnesium
Mg2+
A bond which shares electrons
covalent bond
Na
Sodium
The name for the horizontal rows.
periods
61
silver
Nitrogen
N3-
A particle which is charged because it has lost or gained an electron.
an ion
Es
Einsteinium
The metals that can form more than one ion.
transition metals
148
plutonium
Argon
There isn't one!
A structure with an alternating pattern of positive and negative ions.
an ionic lattice