Final Flashcards
properties of metals
-occupy left side of of the periodic table
-good conductors of heat/electricity
-malleable (can be pounded into flat sheets)
-ductility: they can be drawn into wires
-are often shiny
- lose electrons when they undergo chemical reactions
Nonmetals
occupies upper right side of periodic table
-some are solids at room temperature
-some are gases at room temperature
-poor conductors of heat and electricity
-gains electrons when undergoing chemical reactions
metalloids
elements that fall along the boundary between metals and nonmetals in the periodic table
-intermediate between metals and no metals
-semiconductors
noble gases
odorless, colorless, nonflammable, and monotonic gases that have low chemical reactivity.
Group 8A
Alkali metals
Group 1A
very reactive metals
Alkaline Earth Metals Group 2A
fairly reactive
Halogens Group 7A
very reactive nonmetals
ions
atoms that gain or lose an electron
cations
positively charged ions
anions
negatively charged ions
isotopes
atoms with same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons
mass number
protons + neutrons
percent natural abundance
the percentage amount of each isotope of an element in a naturally occurring sample of the element
elements
cannot be broken down further
compounds
a substance composed of two or more elements in a fixed/ definite proportions