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| x Alkali metal |
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Lithium |
The alkali metals are a series of chemical elements forming Group 1 (IUPAC style) of the periodic table: lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), caesium (Cs), and francium (Fr). (Hydrogen, although nominally also a member of Group 1...
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| x Alkaline earth metal |
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Beryllium |
The alkaline earth metals are a series of elements comprising Group 2 (IUPAC style) (Group IIA) of the periodic table: beryllium (Be), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr), barium (Ba) and radium (Ra). This specific group in the periodic...
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| x Nonmetal | Carbon |
Nonmetal, or non-metal, is a term used in chemistry when classifying the chemical elements. On the basis of their general physical and chemical properties, every element in the periodic table can be termed either a metal or a nonmetal. (A few...
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| Helium | |||
| Nitrogen | |||
| Oxygen | |||
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| x Chalcogen | Oxygen |
The chalcogens (pronunciation: ˈkal-kə-jəns) are the chemical elements in group 16 (old-style: VIB or VIA) of the periodic table. This group is also known as the oxygen family. It consists of the elements oxygen (O), sulfur (S), selenium (Se),...
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| x Halogen |
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Astatine |
The halogens or halogen elements are a series of nonmetal elements from Group 17 IUPAC Style (formerly: VII, VIIA) of the periodic table, comprising fluorine, (F); chlorine, (Cl); bromine, (Br); iodine, (I); and astatine, (At). The undiscovered...
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| Chlorine | |||
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| x Noble gas |
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Argon |
The noble gases are a group of chemical elements with very similar properties: under standard conditions, they are all odorless, colorless, monatomic gases, with a very low chemical reactivity. The six noble gases that occur naturally are helium (He...
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| Neon | |||
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| x Lanthanide |
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Erbium |
According to the IUPAC terminology, the lanthanoid (previously lanthanide) series comprises the fifteen elements with atomic numbers 57 through 71, from lanthanum to lutetium. All lanthanoids are f-block elements, corresponding to the filling of the...
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| Ytterbium | |||
| Gadolinium | |||
| Holmium | |||
| x Actinide |
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Plutonium |
The actinoid (IUPAC nomenclature) or actinide (traditional nomenclature still in wide use) series encompasses the 15 chemical elements that lie between (and inclusive of) actinium and lawrencium included on the periodic table, with atomic numbers 89...
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| x Transition metal |
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Mercury |
The term transition metal (sometimes also called a transition element) has two possible meanings:
The name transition comes from their position in the periodic table of elements. In each of the four periods in which they occur, these elements...
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| Titanium | |||
| Yttrium | |||
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| Ununbium | |||
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| x Metalloid | Polonium |
Metalloid, or semi metal is a term used in chemistry when classifying the chemical elements. On the basis of their general physical and chemical properties, nearly every element in the periodic table can be termed either a metal or a nonmetal....
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| Germanium | |||
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| Antimony | |||
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| x Rare earth element |
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Terbium |
As defined by IUPAC, rare earth elements or rare earth metals are a collection of seventeen chemical elements in the periodic table, namely scandium, yttrium, and the fifteen lanthanoids. Scandium and yttrium are considered rare earths since they...
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| Erbium | |||
| Ytterbium | |||
| Gadolinium | |||
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| x Post-transition metal | Lead |
In chemistry, the term post-transition metal is used to describe the category of metallic elements to the right of the transition elements on the periodic table. There are two IUPAC definitions of "transition element" that have been in apparent...
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| x Metal |
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Ununpentium |
A metal is a chemical element that is a good conductor of both electricity and heat, forms cations and ionic bonds with non-metals. In chemistry, a metal (Ancient Greek métallon, μέταλλον) is an element, compound, or alloy characterized by high...
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| Aluminium | |||
| Ununhexium | |||
| Americium | |||
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| x Nitrogen group |
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The Nitrogen group is Group 15 of the periodic table (formerly numbered as Group V or Group VA) and is also collectively named the pnictogens. This consists of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), arsenic (As), antimony (Sb), bismuth (Bi) and ununpentium ...
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| x Heavy metals |
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A heavy metal is a member of an ill-defined subset of elements that exhibit metallic properties, which would mainly include the transition metals, some metalloids, lanthanoids, and actinides. Many different definitions have been proposed—some based...
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