Chromium Group
Another name for Group 17 (VIIA) Elements is Halogens.
Noble gases (or group 18 elements)
There is a total of 17 elements in those groups.
All the elements in group 6 are called the transition metals. This is also true for groups 3-12.
transition metals
The elements in group 17 are known by the name halogens. They are non-metal elements and are at times referred to as salts.
Group IA or group 1 elements are known as alkali metals.
Group 1 Metals
The group is usually just called "the nitrogen group" or group 15 or group 5A, but the old-fashioned name for that group are the pnictogens.
The general name given to the elements of Group IA (1) is alkali metals.
Group 17, the halogens
Salt formers / group 17 elements. The elements of Group VII (or group 17) of the Periodic Table are called halogens, which means "salt formers"