What is a family of an element in the periodic table?

Answer 1

A family of elements is a group appearing in the a vertical column on the Periodic Table of elements. There are 18 groups on the table. All elements in the same group have the same number of electrons in their outer shell. This determines the chemical reactivity of the element and therefor elements in the same group generally exhibit similar reactivities, ionization patterns, and valency, with notable exceptions.

Answer 2

A family of elements (Or Chemical Family) is used to describe a group of related elements. For example, copper, silver, and gold all belong to the same chemical family. These 3 elements are often referred to as the coinage metals. These elements share several common properties.

Answer 3

A family of elements is a group (column) of the Periodic Table. The family of an element is the column it is in in the Periodic Table. In a family of elements, they all have similar properties. An Example of a Family of Elements;

The Alkali Metals - Group 1

Lithium

Sodium

Potassium

Rubidium

Caesium

Francium

Answer 4

Which of these are families of elements?

metals and noble gases

B.

shells and nonmetals

C.

properties and rare earth elements

D.

metalloids and atoms

Answer 5

A family of elements is also known as a group or column. They all share certain chemical or physical characteristics.

Answer 6

family is in the periodic table is columns.

Answer 7

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