Periodic Table History
Different Types of Elements
Periodic Trends
Metals, Metalloids, and Nonmetals
Random Things
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Who invented the modern periodic table?
Henry Moseley
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Which group are the halogens in?
Group 17
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What are the four periodic trends?
Ionization energy, Atomic Radius, Electron Affinity, Electronegativity
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Which of the three is the best conductor of heat and electricity?
Metals
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What is the difference between groups and periods?
Groups are verticals and periods are horizontal.
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When was the modern periodic table invented?
1913
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What are the 5 most important types of elements?
Alkali metals, Alkali earth metals, Transition elements, Halogens, Noble Gases
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What is ionization energy?
The amount of energy needed to remove the outermost electron.
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Are nonmetals ductile?
No
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How many periods are on the periodic table?
7
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Who invented the first periodic table?
Who is Dmitri Mendeleev?
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What are two characteristics of Noble Gases?
1. They have a full octet. 2. The do not react with other elements.
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When going down the periodic table does ionization energy increase or decrease?
Decreases
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What type of bonds do metalloids form?
Ionic
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What is the most electronegative and reactive of all elements?
Flourine
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What is the modern periodic table law?
Properties of the elements are the periodic functions of their atomic number.
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Which groups contain transition elements?
Groups 3 - 12
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What is electron affinity measured in?
kJ/mol
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What is hydrogen classified as?
Nonmetal
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What is the atomic number of the element that is the last to occur naturally?
92
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How did Mendeleev arrange his periodic table?
By mass as well as by similar characteristics.
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What kind of compounds do transition metals form?
Brightly colored compounds
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What is the atomic radius measured in?
Picometers (pm)
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What elements are the metalloids?
B, Si, Ge, As, Sb, Te
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What is metallic character?
How easily an element loses an electron.