Groups
Groups run vertically in the periodic table.
They are numbered from 1 – 18.
Elements in the same groups have the same
number of electrons in the outer energy level.
their chemical properties are same.
Group 1 : Alkali Metals
Contains : Metals
Valence Electrons : 01
Reactivity : Very Reactive
Properties : Solids
Soft
Very reactive with water
Shiny
Low density
Group 2 : Alkaline-Earth Metals
Contains : Metals
Valence Electrons : 02
Reactivity : Very reactive but
less reactive than
alkali metals.
Properties : Solids
Silver colored
More dense than
alkali metals.
Group 3-12 : Transition Metals
Contain : Metals
Valence Electrons : 1 or 2
Reactivity : Less reactive than alkali
and alkaline-earth metals.
Properties : Higher density
good conductors of heat
and electricity.
Group 3-12 : Transition metals
Below main table
Contain : The Lanthanide and
Actinide Series.
These two rows are pulled out of
sequence and placed below the
main table to keep the table from
being to wide.
Lanthanides - 58 to 71.
Actinides – 89 to 103.
Lanthanides : Rare Earth Element
Lanthanides follow the transition metal 57 Lanthanum
in period 6.
Valance Electron : 3
Reactivity : Very reactive
Properties : High luster but tarnish easily.
High conductivity for electricity.
Actinides : Rare Earth Elements
Actinides follow the transition metal 89 Actinium in
period 7.
Valance Electrons : 3 ( but up to 6 )
Reactivity : unstable
Properties : All are radioactive
mostly made in laboratories.
Metalloids
These elements have characteristics of metals and
non metals.
Elements from groups 13-17 contain some metalloids.
A zig-zag line that seperates metals from metalloids.
Properties : They are ductile and malleable.
They are solid that can be dull or
shiny.
They conduct heat and electricity
better than non metals but not as
well as metals.
Group 13 : Boron Group
Group 13 : Boron group
Contains : 1 metalloid and 4 metals.
Valence Electrons : 3
Reactivity : Reactive
Properties : solid at room temperature.
Group 14 : Carbon Group
Contains : 1 non-metal,2 metalloids
and 3 ,metals.
Valence Electron : 4
Reactivity : Varies
Properties : solid at room temperature.
Group 15 : Nitrogen Group
Contains : 2 non-metals,2 metalloids,
1metal.
Valence Electrons : 5
Reactivity : Varies
Properties : All are solid at room
temperature accept
nitrogen.
Group 16 : Oxygen Group
Contains : 3 non-metals, 1 metalloid,
2 metals.
Valence Electron : 6
Reactivity : Reactive
Properties : All are solid at room
temperature accept
oxygen .
Group 17 : Non-Metals
Contains : Non-Metals
Valence Electron : 7
Reactivity : very reactive
Properties : Poor conductors
React violently with
alkali metals to form
salt.
Never found un combined
in nature.
Group 18 : Noble Gases
Contains : Non-metals
Valence Electron : 8 (2 for he )
Reactivity : Unreactive
Properties : colourless, odourless
gases at room temp.
Outermost energy level
full.
All found in atmosphere.
Atom
The smallest component of an element having the chemical
properties of element, consisting of a nucleus containing
combinations of neutron and
protons and electron.
Electrons are bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction.
Number of protons determines the identity of the element.
Electron Configuration
The way electrons arranged around the nucleus.
1s1
row no
shell no
possibilities are 1-7
7 rows
subshell
possibilities are
s, p, d, or f
4 subshells
valence e-
possibilities are:
s: 1 or 2 p: 1-6
d: 1-10 f : 1-14
Total e- should equal
Atomic
Three rules are used to build the electron
configuration:
Aufbau principle.
Pauli Exclusion Principle.
Hund’s Rule.
Pauli Exclusion Principle
An orbital can hold only two electrons and they must have
opposite spin.
Electron Spin Quantum Number (ms):
+1/2, -1/2
Hund’s Rule
In a set of orbitals, the electrons will fill the orbitals in a way that would
give the maximum number of parallel spins (maximum number of unpaired
electrons).