The Periodic Law Flashcards
Dmitri Mendeleev
Russian chemist
developed and published the first periodic table of the elements
predicted the discovery of several new elements
Mendeleev’s periodic table
organized by increasing atomic mass
showed repeating (periodic) properties in columns
not perfect but highly accurate
Henry Moseley
English physicist
discovered that the elements in the periodic table fit into patterns better when they were arranged in increasing order according to the number of protons than by atomic mass
led to the definition of atomic number
rearranged the periodic table by atomic number
discovered the periodic law
periodic law
states that the physical and chemical properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers
periodic table
an arrangement of the elements in order of their atomic numbers so that elements with similar properties fall in the same column
groups
families
vertical columns on the periodic table
information given by groups
number of valance electrons in elements
quantum numbers given by groups
angular momentum quantum number
magnetic quantum number
spin quantum number
range of groups
1 to 18
periods
horizontal rows on the periodic table
information given by periods
number of energy levels in elements
quantum number given by periods
principal quantum number
range of periods
1 to 7
blocks
4 regions of the periodic table containing elements based on the electron configurations of elements
determination of blocks on periodic table
sublevel being filled in successive elements of that block
quantum number given by blocks
angular momentum quantum number
range of blocks
s
p
d
f
s-block
group 1 and group 2 on the periodic table
p-block
group 13 through group 18 on the periodic table
d-block
group 3 through group 12 on the periodic table
f-block
lanthanides series and actinide series on the periodic table
main group elements
s-block elements and p-block elements
general valence electron configuration of group 1
ns1
general valence electron configuration of group 2
ns2
general valence electron configuration of group 3
ns2(n-1)d1