Periods Flashcards

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Metals

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typically shiny, conducts heat and electricity well, and is malleable and ductile

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Physical Properties of Metals

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luster, malleability, ductility, and conductivity

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malleable

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can be hammered or rolled into flat sheets or other shapes

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4
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ductible

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can be drawn into wires

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5
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Corrosion

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the gradual wearing away of a metal element due to a chemical reaction

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Alkali Metals

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Group 1, Most reactive, never found uncombined in nature, Found only in compounds, react by giving away an electron

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2 most known Alkali Metals

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Sodium & Potassium

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8
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Group that reacts most by giving away 1 electron..

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Alkali Metals

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9
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highly reactive and soft, and typically stored in oil to prevent reaction with air and moisture

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Alkali Metals

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alkaline earth metals

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Group 2, Good conductor of electricity, fairly hard, gray-white, React by losing 2 electrons, 2nd most reactive, never found uncombined

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11
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2 most know alkaline earth metals

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Magnesium & Calcium

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12
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Calcium

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essential part of teeth and bones

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13
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transition metals

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Groups 3-12, most familiar metals, Good conductors of electrical current, Less reactive then 1 and 2,, form colorful compound, never found uncombined

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14
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Copper

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commonly used in electrical wiring due to its high conductivit

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15
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Most familiar metals

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Transition metals

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16
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Form Colorful compounds

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transition metals

17
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Mixed Group

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Only some of the elements in groups 13 through 15 of the periodic table are metals, uncombined in nature

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Most familiar elements of Mixed Group..

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aluminum, tin, lead

19
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Top row of the 2 rows placed below of the periodic table

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Lantthanides

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Lanthanides

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Sometimes mixed with more common metals to make alloys

21
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alloy

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A mixture of two or more metals

22
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Elements below the lanthanides

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Actinides

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Actinides

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of the 4, occur naturally

24
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Synthetic elements

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elements with atomic numbers higher than 92, not found naturally

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Halogens

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Group 17, contains nonmetals, very reactive; poor conductors of electric current; never in its uncombined form in nature; combine with most metals to form salts

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Noble Gases

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Group 18, contain a full set of valence electron, considered inert

27
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group 1

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alkali metals

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Group 2

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alkaline earth metals

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Group 3-12

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transition metals

30
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Some elements through 13-15

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Mixed groups

31
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Group 17

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Halogens

32
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Group 18

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noble gases