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What element from group 4a is both essential and harmful to life?
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∙ 10y ago
This is more than likely carbon, which is the building block of life. This is also the element of organic chemistry. It can be harmful in some of its compounds, see CO (carbon monoxide) for example.
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What element can be doing in the same period as the element potassium?
sodium and lithium are both group 1 elements (like potassium)
Which element on the periodic table is a nonmetallic liquid at STP?
Bromine, group 17; Mercury, group 12. Both are liquids at STP
How would you use the periodic table to replace one of the elements in a new substance with another element that has similar chemical properties?
You would see which group the element was in and then replace it with another element from the same group, as all elements in a group have similar properties. For example you could replace Sodium with Potassium as they are both in Group 1.
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Which element group is magnesium and calcium members of?
They are both in Group 2
Write the name and symbol of a solid element and a liquid element in the same group?
Zn=Zinc, which is a solid; Hg=Mercury, which is a liquid. They are both in group 12.
What are the Every element in group one has one electron in its outer shell Every element in group two has two electrons in its outer shell?
Both statements are true:Every element in group I has one electron in its outer shell andEvery element in group II has two electrons in its outer shell
What element can be doing in the same period as the element potassium?
sodium and lithium are both group 1 elements (like potassium)
Can hydrogen and fluorine a group I and group VI element respectively cannot form multiple bonds?
Fluorine is in the group XVII. Both are monovalent elements.
Which element on the periodic table is a nonmetallic liquid at STP?
Bromine, group 17; Mercury, group 12. Both are liquids at STP
How would you use the periodic table to replace one of the elements in a new substance with another element that has similar chemical properties?
You would see which group the element was in and then replace it with another element from the same group, as all elements in a group have similar properties. For example you could replace Sodium with Potassium as they are both in Group 1.
Which element on the periodic table indicates the presence of life?
The element in the periodic table which gives the presence of life are oxygen and hydrogen.Oxygen is necessary for respiration and both O2 and H2 forms water which is essential for survival.
Are lions harmful or useful?
lion are useful and harmful
What is an element essential to life?
Water! Water is a substance, not an element, but the elements that make up water are Hydrogen and Oxygen, so those elements are both essential to life. Every living thing requires water to survive. Oxygen also useful because all animals need to breath oxygen.
Which element shares similar characteristics with fluorine?
The element chlorine shares similar characteristics with fluorine. Both the elements are in same group 17. Their valency is same(7). Both of them are found in same state i.e. gaseous
What other element is in the same family as hafnium?
Titanium belongs to same family as Hafnium. Both of them belongs to group-4.
