The second family is called Alkaline Earth Metals. They have 2 valence electrons.
Second family
fluorine
The noble gases, column 18 in the most common modern periodic table.
Elements in the same family (group) on the periodic table have the same number of valence electrons and hence they have similar properties and reactivities.
A period is a row in the periodic table of elements.
a family of the periodic table is like a group of elements of the same type.
Group: Second groupThat means its family is alkaline earth metals.
Group 7 of the periodic table.
Groups or families are the vertical columns on the periodic table. Periods are the horizontal rows on the Periodic Table.
Sulfur is in group 16 of the periodic table, in the chalcogen family sometimes called the oxygen family.
Aluminium is located in the Group IIIA - the Boron family on the periodic table.
Yes it is a group is a family remember that when dealing with the periodic table.