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appear in nature in pure form noble gases, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, gold, silver, and copper

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Native elements

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The _____, alone or in combinations, make up our bodies, our world, our sun, and in fact, the entire universe

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Elements

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Organizes the elements in a particular way that helps one obtain basic information about each of the 118 known elements

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Periodic Table of Elements

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Elements are organized on the table according to their _______, usually found near the top of the square.

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Atomic number

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the “weight” of the atom

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Atomic mass

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Obtained by adding the number of its protons and the number of its neutrons

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Atomic mass

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Some atoms have more or less neutrons than protons. These are called _____?

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Isotopes

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All elements have their own unique symbol. It can consist of a single capital letter, or a capital letter and one or two lower case letters

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Symbols

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The electrons in the outer energy level of an atom
The electrons (e-) that are transferred or shared when atoms bond together
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Valence Electrons

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What are the Properties of Metal?

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  • conductor of heat and electricity
  • shiny
  • Ductile
  • Malleable
  • A chemical property of metal is its reactivity with water which results in corrosion
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Properties of Nonmetals

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  • Poor conductors of heat and electricity
  • Neither ductile nor malleable
  • Solid nonmetals are brittle and break easily
  • Dull appearance
  • Many non-metals are gases
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Properties of Metalloids

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  • have properties of both metals and nonmetals
  • solids that can be shiny or dull
  • conduct heat and electricity better than nonmetals but not as efficient as metals
  • ductile and malleable
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  • Each columns of elements - group or family
  • Elements in each family have similar but not identical properties.
  • Example - lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), and other members of family IA are all soft, white, shiny metals.
  • All elements in a family have the same number of valence electrons.
  • Each horizontal row of elements - period
  • The elements in a period are not alike in properties.
  • Properties change greatly across in a given row.
  • The first element in a period is always an extremely active solid.
  • The last element in a period is always an inert or an inactive gas.
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Families and Periods

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  • sits atop Family AI, but not a member of that family
  • ____ is in a class of its own
  • a gas at room temperature
  • has 1 proton and 1 electron in its 1 and only energy level
  • only needs 2 electrons to fill up its valence shell.
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Hydrogen

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  • Lithium, sodium, and potassium
  • have 1 electron in the valence shell, that is why they are found in group 1
  • all are metals
  • react with group 7 to form metal halides.
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Group 1

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  • The ___ family is found in the 1st column of the periodic table.
  • Atoms of the alkali metals have a single electron in their outermost level - 1 valence electron.
  • They are shiny, have the consistency of clay, and are easily cut with a knife.
  • the most reactive metals
  • react violently with water
  • are never found as free elements in nature
  • are always bonded with another element
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Alkali Metals

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What does it mean to be reactive?

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  • reactive elements bond easily with other elements to make compounds
  • some elements are only found in nature bonded with other elements
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What makes an element reactive?

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  • An incomplete valence electron level
  • Octet Rule: All atoms (except hydrogen) want to have 8 electrons in their outermost energy level.
  • Atoms bond until it completes its valence shell with 8 electrons and becomes stable.
  • Atoms with few valence electrons lose them during bonding. Atoms with 6, 7, or 8 valence electrons gain electrons during bonding.
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  • They are never found uncombined in nature.
  • They have two valence electrons.
  • ______ include magnesium and calcium, among others.
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Alkaline Earth Metals

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  • Transition Elements include those elements in the B families.
  • These are the metals you are probably most familiar with: copper, tin, zinc, iron, nickel, gold, and silver.
  • They are good conductors of heat and electricity
  • The compounds of transition metals are usually brightly colored - often used to color paints
  • Transition elements have 1 or 2 valence electrons, which they lose when they form bonds with other atoms. Some transition elements can lose electrons in their next-to-outermost level.
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Transition Metals

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  • have properties similar to one another and to other metals, but their properties do not fit in with those of any other family
  • many transition metals combine chemically with oxygen to form compounds called oxides
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Transition Elements

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  • named after the first element in the family
  • atoms have 3 valence electrons
  • includes a metalloid (boron), and the rest are metals
  • includes the most abundant metal in the earth’s crust - aluminum
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Boron Family

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  • Atoms of this family have 4 valence electrons.
  • includes a nonmetal (carbon), metalloids, and metals
  • The element carbon is called the “basis of life.” Organic Chemistry - an entire branch of chemistry devoted to carbon compounds
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Carbon Family

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  • named after the element that makes up 78% of our atmosphere
  • nonmetals, metalloids, and metals
  • have 5 valence electrons
  • tend to share electrons when they bond
  • Other elements - phosphorus, arsenic, antimony, and bismuth
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Nitrogen Family

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  • Atoms have 6 valence e-
  • Most elements of this family share e- when forming compounds
  • Oxygen - most abundant element in the earth’s crust, extremely active and combines with almost all elements
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Oxygen family

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The element ___ is called the “basis of life.”

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Carbon

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most abundant element in the earth’s crust, extremely active and combines with almost all elements

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Oxygen

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  • fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, and astatine
  • have 7 valence electrons - the most active nonmetals
  • only need 1 e- to fill their outermost energy level
  • are never found free in nature
  • react with alkali metals to form salts
  • have 7 e- in their outer shell, so they’re found in group 7 of the PT
  • are all colored
  • form metal halides with group 1 metals
  • Fluorine, Chlorine, Iodine - highly effective component of disinfectants and antiseptics
  • Bromine – pesticide
  • Silver bromide is used in photography
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Halogen Family

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  • colorless gases that are extremely inert
  • have full outer shells
  • found in group 8 of the periodic table
  • helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon.
  • One important property of the noble gases is their inactivity. They are inactive because their outermost energy level is full.
  • Because they do not readily combine with other elements to form compounds, the noble gases are called inert.
  • All the noble gases are found in small amounts in the earth’s atmosphere.
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The Noble Gases

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  • The thirty rare earth elements are composed of the lanthanide and actinide series.
  • One element of the lanthanide series and most of the elements in the actinide series are called trans-uranium, which means synthetic or man-made.
  • In 1869, Dmitri Ivanovitch Mendeléev created the first accepted version of the periodic table.
  • grouped elements according to their atomic mass, and as he did, he found that the families had similar chemical properties
  • Blank spaces were left open to add the new elements he predicted would occur.
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Rare Earth Elements

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What are the 4 recent discovered elements?

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  1. Nihonium (Nh) for Element 113
  2. Moscovium (Mc) for Element 115
  3. Tennessine (Ts) for Element 117
  4. Oganesson (Og) for Element 118
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Is the distance from the nucleus of the atom to the outermost energy level (valence electron)

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Atomic radius

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The ease of an atom to lose an electron

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Metallic property

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The energy needed by an atom to lose an electron

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Ionization Energy

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The ability of the atom to attract an electron to itself

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Electronegativity

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The energy released by the atom when it accepts an electron

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Electron Affinity

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