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The columns on the Periodic Table can be referred to as families, but more commonly they are referred to as groups. There are 18 groups on the periodic table.

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What name is given to all vertical columns in the table?

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What is another term used to describe the groups of elements in columns of the periodic?

The another term used is Families. The vertical columns are referred as groups or families.


How does the periodic table of elements groug elements into families?

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The vertical columns on the periodic table called?

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What name is given to all vertical columns in the perioic table?

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Where are families located on the periodic table?

Families (or groups) are the vertical columns of the periodic table. Period is horizontal rows.


The vertical columns are called families or?

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What are the vertical colimuns of the periodic table called?

The vertical columns on the periodic table are called groups or families.