History of the Periodic Table
Groups of the Periodic Table
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The individual credited with creating the first Periodic Table.
Who is Mendeleev?
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The number of groups in the Periodic Table.
What is 18?
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[Ar] 3d8 4s2
What is Fe?
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How atomic size varies with the periodic table.
What is increases down a group and decreases across a period?
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The proper ordering of the electromagnetic spectrum form high energy to low energy.
What is gamma -xray-uv-vis-ir-mciro-radio
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How the first Periodic Table was organized.
What is by atomic mass?
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This group contains a pair of electrons in the outermost s orbital.
What is alkaline earth metals?
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These are wedged between groups 3 and 4 in the sixth and seventh periods.
What is the f block elements?
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The most electronegative element.
What is Fluorine?
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Two major contributions of the gold foil experiment.
What is that the atom is mostly empty space, small,dense nucleus with most of the mass.
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The physical and chemical properties of the elements are functions of their atomic numbers.
What is the "Periodic Law"?
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The general electron configuration for this group is ns2np5.
What is the halogens?
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What is (in order) the period, block and group for the element [Ar] 3d7 4s2.
What is period 4, block transition -d, and group 9?
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The correct ordering for ionization energy (lowest to highest) for P, Sn, Ne, N.
What is Sn, P, N, Ne?
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The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle.
What is that you cannot simultaneously determine both the position and velocity of an electron or any other particle?
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Individual who worked with Rutherford and is credited with organizing the periodic table by atomic number.
Who is Moseley?
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Together these comprise the main group elements.
What is the s and p block?
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The s or p block element that has the largest atomic radii.
What is Francium?
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Ion with the largest ionic radii of Li+1, Be +2, O -2, or P -3.
What is P -3?
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Louis de Broglie's contribution to quantum mechanics.
What is dual wave-particle behavior of electrons?
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Individual who is credited with developing a method to accurately measure relative atomic masses.
Who is Cannizzaro?
500
This groups configuration is (n-1)d10 ns2
What is group 12?
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The outer electron configuration for the group 16 element in the 5th period. (done without looking at the periodic table)
What is 5s2 4d10 5p4?
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Element "X" has the following Ionization Energies (kj/mol): 1st: 800 2nd: 1757 3rd: 14852 4th: 21007 Element "X" is a member of this group.
What is Group 13?
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[Rn] 7s2 6d1 5f7
What is Curium?