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All elements within a column are called a group.
Group
a 'family' of elements or also called a group
A vertical column is called a 'group.' A horizontal row is called a 'period,' thus the periodic table.
This is where the name of the table comes from. A horizontal row of elements is called a period. A vertical column is a group.
All elements within a column are called a group.
groups or families
its the elements in a vertical column and they tend to have similar properties (related)
Vertical columns are called groups. Horizontal rows are called periods.
They are called groups...
Group
Each vertical column in the periodic table is group.There are 18 groups in periodic table.Seventeenth group belongs to halogens.
They are called groups and have similar properties with the other elements in that group.
a 'family' of elements or also called a group
The another term used is Families. The vertical columns are referred as groups or families.
Families
The elements in the same vertical column have certain similar chemical properties hence they work as a family. Eg- Halogen family