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Elements in Families on the Periodic Table have similarities. Elements in the same family as iron are magnetic. The air force had a tremendous problem. Traditional lubricants were not working under the stresses their new machinery used. All of their lubricants were carbon based. They looked at the next element in the same family on the periodic table. It was silicon. They made a lubricant based on silicon. It worked fine. The first diodes and transistors were made with Germanium. It is an expensive metal to produce. It is on the periodic table right above silicon. This led to a number of experiments and attempts to produce a transistor using silicone. Finally after many tries, it worked. Inexpensive silicon transistors could replace expensive germanium ones. You wrote your question because silicon is below Germanium on the periodic table.
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Why are the groups on the periodic table also called families?
Groups on the periodic table have similar chemical and sometimes physical properties. Families (human families) generally have similar properties, hence families on the periodic table.
What are the families in the periodic table?
The vertical columns.
What are the coloms in the periodic table caled?
The columns in the periodic table are called groups. They are also referred as families.
Groups on the periodic table with similar properties are?
Groups on the periodic table with similar properties are called families.
What are the 18 columns on the periodic table called?
Families.
Why are the groups on the periodic table also called families?
Groups on the periodic table have similar chemical and sometimes physical properties. Families (human families) generally have similar properties, hence families on the periodic table.
Where are families located on the periodic table?
Families (or groups) are the vertical columns of the periodic table. Period is horizontal rows.
What three families are found in the center portion of the periodic table?
The three families that are found in the center portion of the periodic table are the Iron group, the Cobalt group and the nickel group. There are 18 families in the periodic table.
Are families and groups the same in meaning in the periodic table of elements?
yes, families and groups the same meaning in the periodic table.
What are the family's of the periodic table?
Groups or families are the vertical columns on the periodic table. Periods are the horizontal rows on the Periodic Table.
Families on a periodic table?
They are the vertical columns.
A vertical column of the periodic table?
Families
What are the families in the periodic table?
The vertical columns.
What are families on the periodic table?
They are the vertical columns.
A column on the periodic table?
families or groups.
What are families in the periodic table?
The vertical columns.
Families of the periodic table?
The main families of the periodic table are the alkali metals, the alkaline earth metals, the halogens, and the noble gasses. see them here to view where they are one the periodic table.. hopefully this answers your question.
