Periodic table knowledge Flashcards
What does H stand for?
Hydrogen
What does He stand for?
Helium
What does Li stand for?
Lithium
What does Be stand for?
Beryllium
What does B stand for?
Boron
What does C stand for?
Carbon
What does N stand for?
Nitrogen
What does O stand for?
Oxygen
What does F stand for?
Fluorine
What does Ne stand for?
Neon
What does Na stand for?
Sodium
What does Mg stand for?
Magnesium
What does Al stand for?
Aluminum
What does Si stand for?
Silicone
does P stand for?
Phosphorus
What does S stand for?
Sulfur
What does Cl stand for?
Chlorine
What does Ar stand for?
Argon
What does K stand for?
Potassium
What does Ca stand for
Calcium
What does Sc stand for?
Scandium
What does Ti stand for?
Titanium
What does V stand for?
Vanadium
What does Cr stand for?
Chromium
What does Mn stand for?
Manganese
What does Fe stand for?
Iron
What does Co stand for?
Cobalt
What does Ni stand for?
Nickel
What does Zn stand for?
Zinc
What does Ga stand for?
Gallium
What does Ge stand for?
Germanium
What does As stand for?
Arsenic
What does Se stand for?
Selenium
What does Br stand for?
Bromine
What does Kr stand for?
Krypton
What does Rb stand for?
Rubidium
What does Sr stand for?
Strontium
What does Y stand for?
Yttrium
What does Zr stand for?
Zirconium
What does Nb stand for?
Niobium
What does Mo stand for?
Molybdenum
What does Tc stand for?
Technetium
What does Ru stand for?
Ruthenium
What does Rh stand for?
Rhodium
What does Pd stand for?
Palladium
What does Ag stand for?
Silver
What does Cd stand for?
Cadmium
What does In stand for?
Indium
What does Sn stand for?
Tin
What does Sb stand for?
Antimony
What does Te stand for?
Tellurium
What does I stand for?
Iodine
What does Xe stand for?
Xenon
What does Cs stand for?
Cesium
What does Ba stand for?
Barium
What does La stand for?
Lanthanum
What does Hf stand for?
Hafnium
What does Ta stand for?
Tantalum
What does W stand for?
Tungsten
What does Re stand for?
Rhenium
What does Os stand for?
Osmium
What does Ir stand for?
Iridium
What does Pt stand for?
Platinum
What does Au stand for?
Gold
What does Hg stand for?
Mercury
What does Tl stand for?
Thallium
What does Pb stand for?
Lead
What does Bi stand for?
Bismuth
What does Po stand for?
Polonium
What does At stand for?
Astatine
What does Rn stand for?
Radon
What are periods on the periodic channel?
Rows across the table (there are 7 rows in total)
What are groups on the periodic channel?
Columns (there are 18 columns in total)
What is the majority of the periodic table classified as?
Metals
What is a majority of the right hand corner of the table (including hydrogen) categorized as?
Nonmetals
What is a majority of the elements along the stair-step (not including aluminum or polonium?
Metalloids
What traits are common among all metals?
- Solids at 25 C (except Hg)
- Shiny
- Conduct heat and electricity
- Malleable
- Ductile
- Lose electrons to form cations
- About 75% of all elements
- At the left of the periodic table
- Colorless (except Cu and Au)
What traits are common among all nonmetals?
- Exist in all 3 states
- Poor conductors of heat and electricity
- Solids are brittle
- Gain electrons in reactions to become anions
- Found to the right of the periodic table (except H)
What traits are common among all metalloids?
- Shiny (like metals)
- Brittle (like nonmetals)
Semiconductors - Gain electrons (like nonmetals)
- Lose electrons (like metals)
What elements are liquids at 25 C?
Hg and Br
What elements are gases at 25 C?
H, He N, O, F, Ne, Cl, Ar, Kr, Xe, and Rn
What are considered main group elements?
Elements in groups 1,2, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
What are considered transition metals?
Elements in groups 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
What are the elements 58-71 (top removed period of elements) called?
Lanthanides
What are the elements 90-103 (bottom removed period of elements called ?
Actinides
What is the first group (excluding H) called?
Alkali metals
What is the second group called?
Alkaline earth metals
What is the 17th group called?
Halogens
What is the 18th group called?
Noble gases
What oxidation state is preferred by alkali metals (including hydrogen)?
+1
What oxidation state is preferred by Alkaline earth metals?
+2
What oxidation state is preferred by Cu?
+1, +2
What oxidation state is preferred by Ag?
+1
What oxidation state is preferred by Au?
+1, +3
What oxidation state is preferred by oxygens group?
-2
What oxidation state is preferred by halogens?
-1