In chemistry,
a group
(also known as a family) is a column of elements in the periodic table of the chemical elements. There are 18 numbered groups in the periodic table; the f-block columns (between groups 2 and 3) are not numbered.
What are the groups of elements?
There are multiple ways of grouping the elements, but they are commonly divided into
metals, semimetals (metalloids), and nonmetals
. You’ll find more specific groups, like transition metals, rare earths, alkali metals, alkaline earth, halogens, and noble gasses.
What are the names of each family of elements?
- Group 1: alkali metals, or lithium family.
- Group 2: alkaline earth metals, or beryllium family.
- Group 3: the scandium family.
- Group 4: the titanium family.
- Group 5: the vanadium family.
- Group 6: the chromium family.
What is the first family of elements called?
When looking for families, the first one you will find is
the alkali metal family
of elements. They are also known as the alkaline metals. You should remember that there is a separate group called the alkaline earth metals in Group Two.
What do elements in a family have in common?
All the members of a family of elements have
the same number of valence electrons and similar chemical properties
.
What are the 8 families of elements?
Related elements, including the
noble gases, halogens, alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, transition metals, lanthanides, and actinides
.
What is the 3 types of elements?
Elements can be classified as metals, metalloids,
and nonmetals
, or as a main-group elements, transition metals, and inner transition metals.
What are the elements of group 2 called?
Group 2A (or IIA) of the periodic table are the
alkaline earth metals
: beryllium (Be), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr), barium (Ba), and radium (Ra).
How many groups are there?
The s-, p-, and d-block elements of the periodic table are arranged into
18
numbered columns, or groups.
What is the period number?
The period number on the Periodic table
tells you the total number of orbits that the atom will have
. In other words, the period number indicates the number of energy levels (or energy orbit) of an atom. For example, 1st period indicates that these elements possess 1 energy shell (or energy orbit).
What element is soft and shiny?
Group 1A (or IA) of the periodic table are the alkali metals:
hydrogen
(H), lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), cesium (Cs), and francium (Fr). These are (except for hydrogen) soft, shiny, low-melting, highly reactive metals, which tarnish when exposed to air.
Which two elements are in the same period?
| Hydrogen | Rubidium | Strontium | Yttrium | Zirconium | Niobium |
|---|
What is the family of salt producing elements?
Known collectively by a term derived from a Greek word meaning “salt-producing,”
the halogen family
consists of five elements: fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, and astatine.
How can you classify matter?
Matter can be broken down into two categories:
pure substances and mixtures
. Pure substances are further broken down into elements and compounds. Mixtures are physically combined structures that can be separated into their original components. A chemical substance is composed of one type of atom or molecule.
What family of elements does arsenic as belong?
Arsenic (As), a chemical element in
the nitrogen group
(Group 15 [Va] of the periodic table), existing in both gray and yellow crystalline forms.
What are the 10 families of elements?
This product includes eight mini- posters, one for each of the element families on the main group of the periodic table:
Alkali Metals
, Alkaline Earth Metals, Boron/Aluminum Group (Icosagens), Carbon Group (Crystallogens), Nitrogen Group (Pnictogens), Oxygen Group (Chalcogens), Halogens, and Noble Gases.
