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Vocab for the Periodic Table and Elements

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malleable   able to be flattened (gold (Au) is the most)  
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ionization energy   the amount of energy needed to remove an electron  
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cation   an ion with a positive charge  
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anion   an ion with a negative charge  
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ion   a charged particle  
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alkaline/alkali metal   a highly reactive metal; is never found naturally in its elemental state; its reactivity increases with the number of protons; has low electronegativity; is found in group 1 of the Periodic Table; has one valence electron; has lowest ionization energy  
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alkaline/alkali earth metal   has less extreme properties than in group 1; is found in group 2 of the Periodic Table; has two valence electrons  
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family/group   each vertical column of the Periodic Table  
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Coulomb's law   states that opposite charges attract and like charges repel; force depends on number of charge and distance in charges  
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periodic law   states that chemical and physical properties of elements follow a repeated pattern  
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diatomic element   an element that appears naturally as two atoms joined; is too unstable to remain single (hydrogen, oxygen, fluorine, bromine, iodine, nitrogen, chlorine; remember scientist "Dr. HOFBrINCl")  
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halogen   a highly reactive nonmetal; is found in group 17 of the Periodic Table; has seven valence electrons; is toxic; forms salt when combined with group 1; is also diatomic; has very high electronegativity and ionization energy  
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period   each horizontal row of the Periodic Table  
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ductile   able to form wire  
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electronegativity   tendency of an atom to take another atom's electrons  
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metalloid/semimetal   an element whose properties are intermediate between those of metals and solid nonmetals; is an electrical semiconductor; may be a nonmetal that can combine with a metal to form an alloy (boron, silicon, germanium, arsenic, antimony, tellurium)  
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metal   has a low ionization energy; is ductile; is malleable; tends to have electrical and thermal conductivity; has luster; tends to form cations  
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nonmetal   tends to be a gas, liquid, or network solid (forms repeating patterns of atoms); tends to gain electrons and form anions; if solid, tends to be brittle; is a poor conductor; lacks luster  
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transition metal/transition element   can be found in groups 3 to 12 in the Periodic Table; can form more than one type of cation; forms a colored solution (copper, cobalt, niobium, manganese, iron, nickel)  
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noble/inert/monatomic gas   an element occurring as a single atom; is completely nonreactive; its density increases with period on the Periodic Table  
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ionic radius   the radius of an atom's ion  
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atomic radius   a measure of the size of a chemical element's atoms, usually the mean or typical distance from the center of the nucleus to the boundary of the surrounding cloud of electrons  
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