3. A TABLE SHOWING THE SYSTEMATIC
ARRANGEMENT OF ELEMENTS IS CALLED
PERIODIC TABLE.
IT IS BASED ON PERIODIC LAW WHICH STATE
THAT IF ELEMENTS ARE ARRANGED IN THE
ORDER OF THEIR INCREASING ATOMIC
NUMBERS, THEIR PROPERTIES ARE REPEATED IN
A PERIODIC TABLE.
IT IS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT TOOL IN
CHEMISTRY.
4. PERIODS OF PERIODIC TABLE THE
HORIZONTAL
ROWS OF THE
PERIODIC TABLE
IS CALLED
PERIODS.
THERE ARE
VARYING
NUMBER OF
ELEMENTS IN
PERIODIC TABLE.
5. THERE ARE SEVEN PERIODS.
FIRST THREE PERIODS ARE CALLED SHORT
PERIODS.
THE REMAINING PERIODS ARE CALLED LONG
PERIODS.
THE PROPERTIES OF THE ELEMENTS WITHIN A
PERIOD CHANGE GRADUALLY AS YOU MOVE LEFT
TO RIGHT BUT WHEN YOU MOVE FROM ONE
PERIOD TO NEXT, THE PATTERN OF PRORERTIES
WITHIN A PERIOD.
6. GROUPS OF PERIODIC TABLE
EACH VERTICAL
COLUMN OF
ELEMENTS IN THE
PERIODIC TABLE IS
CALLED A GROUP OR
FAMILY.
THERE ARE VARYING
NUMBER OF
ELEMENTS IN A
GROUP.
7. THERE ARE EIGHT GROUPS.
EACH GROUP IS IDENTIFIED BY A NUMBER AND
THE LETTER.
GROUP A ELEMENTS ARE CALLED
REPRESENTATIVE ELEMENTS.GROUP B ELEMENTS
ARE CALLED TRANSITION ELEMENTS.
GROUP 1 A ELEMENTS ARE CALLED ALKALI
ELEMENTS,GROUP 2 A ARE CALLED ALKALINE
ELEMENTS,GROUP 7 A ARE CALLED HALOGENS
AND GROUP 8 A ELEMENTS ARE CALLED NOBAL
GASES.
8. ON THE BASIS OF
VALENCE SUB
SHELL, ELEMENTS
IN THE PERIODIC
TABLE CAN ALSO
BE CLASSIFIED
INTO FOUR
BLOCKS.
ELEMENTS OF
GROUP 1 A AND 2 A
CONTAIN THEIR
VALENCE
ELECTRONS IN S
SUB SHELL.
GROUP 3 A TO
GROUP 8 A (EXCEPT
HYDROGEN) ARE
KNOWN AS P
BLOCK