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Elements in Families on the Periodic Table have similarities. Elements in the same family as iron are magnetic. The air force had a tremendous problem. Traditional lubricants were not working under the stresses their new machinery used. All of their lubricants were carbon based. They looked at the next element in the same family on the periodic table. It was silicon. They made a lubricant based on silicon. It worked fine. The first diodes and transistors were made with Germanium. It is an expensive metal to produce. It is on the periodic table right above silicon. This led to a number of experiments and attempts to produce a transistor using silicone. Finally after many tries, it worked. Inexpensive silicon transistors could replace expensive germanium ones. You wrote your question because silicon is below Germanium on the periodic table.
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What are the families in the periodic table?
The vertical columns.
What are the coloms in the periodic table caled?
The columns in the periodic table are called groups. They are also referred as families.
Why are the groups on the periodic table also called families?
Groups on the periodic table are called families because elements within the same group share similar chemical properties due to having the same number of valence electrons. This similarity in properties is what defines them as a family.
Are rows in the periodic table referred to as families?
No. Rows are not referred as families. Groups are termed as families.
What is a family how many are there in periodic table?
In chemistry, a family is a group of elements that have similar properties and react in a similar way. There are 18 families in the periodic table, each with their own unique characteristics and trends. These families are commonly referred to as groups and are labeled from 1 to 18 on the periodic table.
Where are families located on the periodic table?
Families (or groups) are the vertical columns of the periodic table. Period is horizontal rows.
Are families and groups the same in meaning in the periodic table of elements?
yes, families and groups the same meaning in the periodic table.
What are the family's of the periodic table?
Groups or families are the vertical columns on the periodic table. Periods are the horizontal rows on the Periodic Table.
There are seven families included in the periodic table?
Not families, Periods (Apex)
Are rows of the periodic table referred to as families?
No. The horizontal rows of the periodic table are called periods. The vertical columns are called groups, and sometimes called families.
What are families in the periodic table?
The vertical columns.
Families on a periodic table?
They are the vertical columns.
What are the families in the periodic table?
The vertical columns.
A vertical column of the periodic table?
Families
A column on the periodic table?
families or groups.
Families of the periodic table?
The main families of the periodic table are the alkali metals, the alkaline earth metals, the halogens, and the noble gasses. see them here to view where they are one the periodic table.. hopefully this answers your question.
What are the virtical columns in a periodic table called?
The vertical columns of the periodic table are called groups or families.
