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How is the periodic table used to describe atomic structure?
The periodic table can be used to describe atomic structure by using the period to tell you how many shells (principle quantum number) there are in an element, and the group number can be used to tell you the number of valence electrons in the outermost shell.
How can you tell which group an element is in?
An element's group is determined by its location on the periodic table. Elements within the same group share similar chemical properties and have the same number of valence electrons. The group number corresponds to the number of valence electrons an element has in its outermost energy level.
When looking at a periodic table of elements what do you know by knowing in which column an element appears?
Knowing the column in which an element appears on the periodic table can tell you about its group/family. Elements in the same column typically share similar chemical properties and reactivity due to having the same number of valence electrons.
What can you predict about an element by its position on the periodic table?
By the position of an element on the periodic table you can tell how many protons the element has in it by looking at the number above the elements symbol. You can also find the electron configuration with that same number then you can and you can you can also tell if it is f1, f2,f3...s1,s2,d1,d2...
How can i look at the periodic table and tell how many valence electrons an element has?
The group of the element indicates the amount of valence electrons. For example, the alkali metals have one valence electron and is in group one whilst the halogens have seven valence electrons and are in group seven.
How can a periodic table entry for an element tell important information about the element?
Periodic table describes chemical properties of element.It can also describe its degree of reactivity.
How can you tell if iron is an element?
You can tell it is an element as it is on the periodic table, as Fe, in the transition metals block.
What do you notice about the location of all the element families on the periodic table tell you?
It can tell you crtain characteristics of that element.
How can you tell how many protons are in an element of the periodic table?
The number of protons is the atomic number of the element.
What does each square tell anout an element in the periodic table?
its atomic number
How can a periodic table tell you how many energy levels an element has?
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What does the number of nucleus tell you about the element?
The number of the protons in the nucleus of a chemical element is equivalent to the atomic number; the atomic number define the position of this element in the periodic table (group, period). And from these we can suppose the chemical properties of this element.
What does the color on an element block tell me?
Read the explanations under your periodic table; not all periodic tables have colors.
How is the periodic table used to describe atomic structure?
The periodic table can be used to describe atomic structure by using the period to tell you how many shells (principle quantum number) there are in an element, and the group number can be used to tell you the number of valence electrons in the outermost shell.
How can you tell which group an element is in?
An element's group is determined by its location on the periodic table. Elements within the same group share similar chemical properties and have the same number of valence electrons. The group number corresponds to the number of valence electrons an element has in its outermost energy level.
What information does the atomic number tell?
How many protons/ electrons that element has and where it is on the periodic table.
Does the periodic table tell you how many valence electrons an atom of an element has?
simply yes
