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The letter symbols on the Periodic Table represent elements. They are initialisms or abbreviations of the element names, or of their historic, Greek, or Latin names.
For example
Gold is Au (aurium)
Potassium is K, from kalium (Latin)
Mercury is Hg, from hydrargyrum (Latinized Greek for liquid silver)
Tungsten is W for wolfram, an alternate name
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∙ 16y agoThey are the same as saying the columns of a periodic table.
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∙ 11y agoThe rows on the periodic table are called periods and the columns are called families
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∙ 14y agoeach group in the periodic table has there own name, for example the metals is one group. overall there are 5 groups on the table.
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∙ 9y agoIt groups elements by repeat free elèctròns which often show in valent or oxidation state. Each row is a new shell. Each block is a new subshell. Each entry is a new orbital.
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∙ 13y agonumber of electrons in the elements of this certain group (column)
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∙ 9y agoGroups are vertical columns which represents number of valence electrons. Periods are horizontal rows that represents number of shells of an element.
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What is the difference3 between a family of elements and elements in the same period?
a family is a column of elements a period is a row of elements
What period of the periodic table is oxygen in?
Oxygen is in Period 2 , Group 16 ( VI A) of periodic table
Why is silicon located and colored the way it is on the periodic table?
Silicon is located in group-14 and period-3. It is colored differently to represent that it is a metalloid.
What is the period of lithium?
Lithium is in the second period and the first group in the Periodic Table of Mendeleev.
Where is Xenon on the periodic table?
Xenon is a noble gas. It belongs to group 18 and period 5 on the periodic table.
What period is helium in in the periodic table?
It is in group 18 of the periodic table
What is the difference3 between a family of elements and elements in the same period?
a family is a column of elements a period is a row of elements
What are the group and period number of sodium in the periodic table?
Sodium, Na, is in group 1 period 3 on the periodic table.
What are the characteristics of the period 4 in the periodic table?
group four in the periodic table is a carbon group
What period is Pb (lead) in click for the periodic table?
Lead is in the group 14 of the Periodic Table.
What period is pb (lead ) in on the periodic table?
Lead is in the group 14 of the Periodic Table.
What does a period represent on the period table?
the Atomic number on Periodic Table is the identity of an element in the table , it gives the indications about Group, period and Block of elements it also predicts the chemical and physical properties of the element.
What period is Ag in periodic table?
Silver is in the period 5 and group 11 of the periodic table.
In what period is hydrogen located at the periodic table?
Hydrogen is located in Group 1A of the Periodic Table.
What does the period number on a periodic table represent?
the Atomic number on Periodic Table is the identity of an element in the table , it gives the indications about Group, period and Block of elements it also predicts the chemical and physical properties of the element.
What is the period and group on the periodic table with sulfur in it?
6th group 3rd period
What period of the periodic table is oxygen in?
Oxygen is in Period 2 , Group 16 ( VI A) of periodic table
