Uses in Technology
The most common type of metal used in almost everything.
What is Iron
Group 16, Period 2
What period and group is Oxygen located?
s, p, d, and f
List the letters for the orbitals.
The heavy metal that melts in the sun
What is Gallium?
The group of elements (usually gasses) that exhibit special qualities and most glow in gas discharge tubes.
What are the Noble Gasses?
The element used in most high functioning batteries and is banned on airplanes!
What is Lithium
Group 18, Period 3
Where is Argon?
1s22s22p6
What is the electron configuration of Neon?
Group of elements that have shiny surfaces and easily conduct electricity.
What are Metals?
The metals that are very reactive
What are Alkali metals?
The element that makes up the tiny filament inside an incandescent light bulb!
What is Tungsten?
Group 9, Period 6
Where is Iridium?
The electron orbital principle that states that an electron fills an empty orbital before they fill a partly filled orbital.
What is Hund's rule?
The elements that do not have the characteristics of metals but kinda do.
What are Metalloids?
The color of flame when potassium is burned.
What is violet?
The gas that is used in most high intensity discharge lamps.
Define Mercury's significance in lighting.
Group 14, Period 5
Where is Tin?
1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p65s24d105p3
What is the full Electron Configuration of Antimony?
These gases are colorless.
What are the Noble Gases?
The color that Neon glows when discharged.
What is vermilion?
Neon is filled inside a glass tube with an anode and several numeral shaped cathodes that when powered, the neon glows around the cathodes displaying numerals.
How does a nixie tube work?
Group 3, Period 7 - 6th Element.
Where is Plutonium?
1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p65s24d105p66s24f145d106p67s25f146d107p4
It solidifies at -210 degrees celsius!
What temperature does nitrogen solidify?
The electromagnetic energy that begins the process when F2 and Xe fuse and create Xenon difluoride (XeF2)
What is ultraviolet light?