The periodic table is arranged by increasing atomic number. Elements are classified as metals, nonmetals, or metalloids. The periodic table is divided into vertical columns called groups and horizontal rows called periods. Periodic trends show how atomic properties change across the table. Atomic size increases down a group and decreases left to right, while ionization energy decreases down a group and increases left to right. Electronegativity decreases down a group and increases left to right.
2. How is the periodic table arranged?
The
modern periodic table is
arranged by increasing atomic
number (protons).
3. Classes of elements
Metals
80% of the table!
Solids at room temperature (except for Mercury)
Nonmetals
Most are gases (except for Sulfur, Phosphorus, Bromine)
Metalloids
Similar properties to both metals and nonmetals
depending on the conditions
4. Periods and Groups
The vertical columns are called groups
The horizontal rows are called periods
5. The Representative Elements
Groups
For
1A 7A
these elements
the group number
represents the
number of electrons
in the highest
occupied energy
level
6. Periodic Trends
Atomic
size
(Distance between
nuclei)
Increases
from top
to bottom (energy
levels increase)
Decreases
from left
to right (electrons
get pulled closer to
the nucleus)
7. Periodic Trends
Ionization energy (energy required to remove one
electron)
Decrease from top to bottom
Increases from left to right (more attraction to nucleus
makes it harder to get that electron out!)
8. Periodic Trends
_Ionic Size (size of a
charged atom)
Cations (+) are always
smaller than the atom
from which they form
Anions (-) are always
larger than the atoms
from which they form
Increases from top to
bottom
Decreases from left to
right