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This really isnt just some kind of joke. Its about facts and what the periodic table is all about (maybe not). Learning have never been this fun with brochures right? Well, let me show you how to.

The Periodic Table

Vann Harold G. Mataganas III-Einstein

Increasing atomic radius to the left and increasing atomic radius down the groups; picture taken from a book of chemistry

Date: January 10, 2014

What is the Periodic Table?

The periodic table is a tabular arrangement of the chemical elements. They are organized according to increasing atomic number.

The elements can be classified as metals, non-metals, or metalloids. Metals are good conductors of heat and electricity, and are malleable (they can be hammered into sheets) and ductile (they can be drawn into wire). Most of the metals are solids at room temperature, with a characteristic silvery shine (except for mercury, which is a liquid). Non-metals are (usually) poor conductors of heat and electricity, and are not malleable or ductile; many of the elemental non-metals are gases at room temperature, while others are liquids and others are solids. The metalloids are intermediate in their properties. In their physical properties, they are more like the non-metals, but under certain circumstances, several of them can be made to conduct electricity. These semiconductors are extremely important in computers and other electronic devices.

TRIVIAS ABOUT ELEMENTS OF THE PERIODIC TABLE

REACTIVE AND FIERY ELEMENTS: Fluorine (F) is highly reactive! Magnesium (Mg) fires require sand to extinguish. The tip of a match is red with Phosphorous (P) which ignites the spark and the burning. Potassium (K) burns a lilac-toned purple. Sweet colour. Boron (B) burns green. Nature's landscape colour. Promethium (Pm) is another godnamed element, after Prometheus who gave the gift of fire to mankind. ELEMENT ODORS: What does Arsenic (As) smell like when heated? Garlic ! But don't even think of stir frying arsenic. What smells similar to rotten garlic...icky? Tellurium (Te) METALS: What two metals are not silver or grey in colour? Gold (Au) and Copper (Cu). Antimony (Sb) is used in pewter sometimes to boost its hardness.

An element of the periodic table; Sn (Tin)

In 1871, the arrangement of the elements is according to the increasing atomic mass, and the elements with the same properties were put in the same row by Dimitri Mendeleev. Today, the elements with the same properties are put together in one column. Later on, trends on the periodic table was seen by numerous people and are followed to predict future elements. Some are: by Atomic Radius, by Ionic Radius, by Electronegativity, by Electron Affinity and etc. These trends arent always true and can be seen with the current arrangement of the elements.

Caption: Metal, Non-metal, and Metalloid Examples (from left to right)

Have you ever read about PERIODICITY?

Yes, periodicity is a topic that I cannot come up with a good introduction. *sad face* But, you know, it is one of the most fundamental aspects of the periodic table of elements. Periodicity refers to the recurring trends that are seen in the element properties. These trends became apparent to Mendeleev when he arranged the elements in order of increasing mass. Based on the properties that were displayed by the known elements, Mendeleev was able to predict where there were 'holes' in his table, or elements yet to be discovered. Here written are some of the known trends or periodicity seen on the periodic table. Let us just take a look.

As you go across a the atoms get slightly heavier, but they also get smaller.

T! C FA period,

Atomic Radius

Increases down a group Decreases across (to the right) a period

Ionic Size
Density

Increases down a group Decreases across (to the right) a period Increases down a group Decreases across (to the right) a period No Change down a group Increases across (to the right) a period

Electro- Decreases down a group Increases across (to the negativity right) a period Ionization Energy
Decreases down a group Increases across (to the right) a period Decreases down a group Increases across (to the right) a period Decreases down a group Increases across (to the right) a period Increases down a group Decreases across (to the right) a period

Valence Electron

Electron Affinity
Nonmetallic Property

Metallic Property

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90 elements on the periodic table that occur in nature. All of the other elements are strictly man-made. :DDDDDDDD

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