PT Vocab Flashcards
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Alkali Metal
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Reactive, monovalent metals (can form one covalent bond), forming strong alkaline hydroxides
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Alkaline Earth
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Form group 2 of the periodic table, very reactive
3
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Transition Metal
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Various metallic elements that have valence electrons in 2 shells instead of one.
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Basic Metal
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Base metals, tend to rust. ex. Zinc, Tin
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Semimetal
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Has properties that are intermediate between metals and nonmetals.
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Nonmetal
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Just not a metal
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Halogen
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Reactive nonmetallic elements hat form strongly acidic compounds with hydrogen from which simple salts can be made.
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Noble Gas
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Any of the elements that are gas
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Lanthanide
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Rare earth elements, numbers 58-71following the element lanthanum
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Actinide
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Radioactive elements, 89-103
