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| x Alkali metal |
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Lithium |
The alkali metals are a series of chemical elements comprising 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...
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| Potassium | |||
| Rubidium | |||
| Caesium | |||
| Francium | |||
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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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| Strontium | |||
| Barium | |||
| Radium | |||
| Magnesium | |||
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| x Nonmetal | Carbon |
Nonmetal 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 elements with...
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| Hydrogen | |||
| Helium | |||
| Nitrogen | |||
| Oxygen | |||
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| x Chalcogen | Oxygen |
The chalcogens are the chemical elements in group 16 (old-style: VIB or VIA) of the periodic table. This group is sometimes known as the oxygen family. It consists of the elements oxygen (O), sulfur (S), selenium (Se), tellurium (Te), the...
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| Selenium | |||
| Sulfur | |||
| Tellurium | |||
| Polonium | |||
| 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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| Bromine | |||
| Ununseptium | |||
| Chlorine | |||
| Iodine | |||
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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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| Helium | |||
| Xenon | |||
| Neon | |||
| Krypton | |||
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| x Lanthanide | 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 |
According to IUPAC nomenclature, the actinoid (previously actinide) series encompasses the 15 chemical elements that lie between actinium and lawrencium included on the periodic table, with atomic numbers 89 - 103. The actinoid series derives its...
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| Fermium | |||
| Mendelevium | |||
| x Transition metal |
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Mercury |
In chemistry, the term transition metal (sometimes also called a transition element) has two possible meanings:
The first definition is simple and has traditionally been used. However, many interesting properties of the transition elements as a...
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| Titanium | |||
| Yttrium | |||
| Seaborgium | |||
| 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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| Silicon | |||
| Germanium | |||
| Tellurium | |||
| 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 | |||
| Holmium | |||
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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 |
In chemistry, a metal (Greek: Metallo, Μέταλλο) is an element, compound, or alloy characterized by high electrical conductivity. In a metal, atoms readily lose electrons to form positive ions (cations); those ions are surrounded by delocalized...
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| Mendelevium | |||
| Aluminium | |||
| Ununhexium | |||
| Americium | |||
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