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groups of the periodic table
Question | Answer |
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Halogens: group number and description | group #17, most reactive non-metals, medicinal qualities |
Alkali Metals: group number and description | group #1, most reactive, shiny, silver, soft, compounds in nature |
Alkaline Earth Metals: group number and description | group #2, fairly reactive, shiny, silvery, strong, burns bright (used in fireworks) |
Metals: where on periodic table and description | left of staircase, conduct electricity, very lustrous |
Non-Metals: where on periodic table and description | right side of staircase, insulators |
Metalloids: where on periodic table and description | found along the "staircase", both metallic and non-metallic |
Actinide Series: description | manmade and radioactive |
Lanthanide Series: description | super conductors, less production, and found in lasers |
Transition Metals: group numbers and description | group #2, bond with many different elements |
Hydrogen "group of 1": description | non-metal, highly flammable, reacts with alkali metals and halogens |
Noble Gases: group number and description | group #18, stable (unreactive), no colour, taste, odour |
Groups (columns) | up and down, 18 groups |
Periods (rows) | left to right, 7 periods |