Chapter 4 Flashcards
Alkali metals
Silvery solids with low densities and low melting points in group 1
Actinides
The second series of elements, fro
Thorium to lawrencium
Alkaline earth metals
Elements in group two of the table
Catalyst
Substance that can make something happen faster but isn’t changed
Group
Family of elements in the table that have similar physical ot chemical properties
Halogens
Elements in group 17
Lanthanides
The 1st series of inner transition elements which goes from cerium to lutetium
Metal
Elements that has a shiny luster malleable ductile a goof conductor
Metallioid
Element that shares properties of metals and nonmetals
Noble gases
Elements in group 18
Nonmetals
Element that is usually a gas at room temperature and is poor conductor
Period
Row of elements in the table whose properties change gradually and predictively
Representative elements
Elements in group 1,2,13-18 that includes metals nonmetals and metalloids
Semiconductor
Doesn’t conduct heat or electricity as well as metal but does conduct better than nonmetal
Synthetic elements
Made in labs and nuclear reactors