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Chemistry (a): electron configuration and element families

Home Get App Take Quiz Create what are two properties of representitive elements? very reactive soft, (able to be cut with a knife) what are two properties of metals (in general)? electrically conductive malleable what are two properties of nonmetals? non conductive brittle what are two properties of metalloids? properties of metals and nonmetals semi-conductors what are two properties of alkali metals? softer than most metals most reactive what are two properties of alkaline earth metals? very reactive not found free in nature what are three properties of halogens? very reactive low melting points create compounds essential for body function what are two properties of noble gases? color-less nonreactive what are two properties of transition metals? vary greatly in reactivity most have high melting points what are two properties of inner transition metals? good conductors malleable Where are representitive elements? left most column Where are nonmetals? to the right of the jagged line Where are the metalloids? surrounding dark line Where are the alkali metals? left-most column Where are the halogens? 2nd column from the right (ends in p5) Where are the alkaline earth metals? 2nd column from the left Where are the noble gases? right most column Where are the transition metals? in the d block Where are the inner transition metals? f block What does the aufbau principle say? electrons go into lowest energy orbital 1st What does hund's rule say? one electron goes into each orbital of a sublevel until all have electrons with parallel spins What does the pauli exclusion principle say? orbital describes a max of 2 electrons and they must have opposite signs horizontal rows on a periodic table are referred to as _______. periods vertical columns on a periodic table are referred to as _______. groups/families How many orbitals are in th s,p,d and f sublevels? s:1 p:3 d:5 f:7 What is the max number of electrons the 3rd principal energy level can have? 18 electrons What designates principal energy level? n What is the principal energy level? how many "rings" an electron has or how many rows down it is What is the sublevel? has all orbitals (boxes in box notation for electron configurations) for s, p,d or f What is an orbital? box in electron configuration. can hold 2 electrons maximum What is the maximum number of elecrons a d sublevel can hold? 10 electrons What is the max electrons a p orbital can hold? 2 electrons

Author alipeace11 ID 63941 Card Set Chemistry (a): electron configuration and element families Description chemistry (unit 3) Updated 2011-06-11T16:06:28Z Show Answers