Transcript Chapter 6
Chapter 6
THE PERIODIC TABLE
Section 1
ORGANIZING THE ELEMENTS
Learning Targets
6.1.1 – I can explain how elements are organized in a
periodic table.
6.1.2 – I can compare early and modern periodic
tables.
6.1.3 – I can identify three broad classes of elements.
Searching for an Organizing Principle
Before the 1700’s only 13 elements were known.
During the 1700’s many more were discovered – so
how to organize them became the question.
Chemists used the properties of elements to sort
them into groups.
1829 JW Dobereiner (German 1780-1849) published
his triad method.
Only problem was some elements wouldn’t fit into a
triad.
Mendeleev’s Periodic Table
Many attempts were made to organize the elements.
1869 Dmitri Mendeleev (Russian) published his.
Lothar Meyer published about the same time.
Mendeleev got credit because he was first and could
explain the usefulness better.
Mendeleev arranged the elements in his periodic
table in order of atomic mass.
Mendeleev left spaces and predicted elements would
be discovered to fill those spaces.
The Periodic Law
Mendeleev’s table was not perfect.
1913 Henry Moseley (British) fixed/tweaked the
periodic table.
He put the elements in order of atomic number and
it’s been that way since.
Periodic Law – when the elements are arranged in
order of increasing atomic number, there is a
periodic repetition of their physical and chemical
properties.
Metals, Nonmetals, Metalloids
IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied
Chemistry).
IUPAC decided labeling groups 1-18 instead of 1A-8A
and 1B-8B would end confusion about groups.
Three classes of elements are metals, nonmetals, and
metalloids.
Metals
About 80% of the elements.
Metal – good conductor of heat and electric current.
Luster, ductile (pulled into wires), malleable
(pounded into sheets).
Nonmetals
Basically opposite of metals and they vary among
themselves.
Nonmetal – poor conductors of heat and electric
current.
Brittle (shatter when hit with a hammer).
Metalloids
Fall along stair step line.
Metalloid (semimetals) – properties similar to
metals and nonmetals.
Behavior can be changed by changing conditions.
Section 2
CLASSIFYING THE ELEMENTS
Learning Targets
6.2.1 – I can describe the information in a periodic
table.
6.2.2 – I can classify elements based on electron
configuration.
6.2.3 – I can distinguish representative elements and
transition metals.
Squares in the Periodic Table
The periodic table displays the symbol and names of
the elements, along with information about the
structure of their atoms.
Squares in the Periodic Table Contd.
Alkali metals – Group 1A elements
Alkaline Earth metals – Group 2A (from Arabic al
aqali meaning the ashes.
Halogens – Group 7A (from Greek hals meaning salt
and Latin genesis meaning to be born).
Electron Configurations in Groups
Elements can be sorted into noble gases,
representative elements, transition metals or innertransition metals based on their electron
configurations.
The Noble Gases
Noble Gas – Elements in Group 8A
Sometimes called inert gases because they do not
take part in reactions.
Look at the highest occupied energy level.
The Representative Elements
Representative elements – display a wide range of
physical and chemical properties.
The s and p sublevels of the highest occupied energy
level are not filled.
For the representative elements the group number
equals the number of electrons in the highest
occupied energy level.
Transition Elements
Transition metal – highest occupied sublevel and a
nearby d sublevel contain electrons.
Inner-transition metal – highest occupied sublevel
and a nearby f sublevel generally contain electrons.
Blocks of Elements
Look at the electron configuration and placement of
the elements.
All but helium follow a pattern.
Section 3
PERIODIC TRENDS
Learning Targets
6.3.1 – I can describe trends among the elements for
atomic size.
6.3.2 – I can explain how ions form.
6.3.3 – I can describe periodic trends for first
ionization energy, ionic size, and electronegativity.
Trends in Atomic Size
Atomic radius – one-half the distance between the
nuclei of two atoms of the same element when the
atoms are joined.
In general, atomic size increases from top to bottom
within a group and decreases from left to right across
a period.
Group Trends in Atomic Size
As you go down a group the amount of protons
increases but so does the number of electrons in
occupied energy levels so the size gets larger.
Periodic Trends in Atomic Size
Same thought but there are no more filled sublevels.
Here the electrons are in the same sublevel so the
charge on the nucleus pulls the electrons closer so
the size gets smaller.
Ions
Ion – an atom or group of atoms that has a positive
or negative charge.
Positive and negative ions form when electrons are
transferred between atoms.
Cation – ion with a positive charge.
Anion – ion with a negative charge.
Trends in Ionization Energy
Ionization energy – energy required to remove an
electron from an atom.
First ionization energy tends to decrease from top to
bottom within a group and increase left to right
across a period.
Group Trends in Ionization Energy
As the size of the atom increases, nuclear charge, has
a smaller effect on the electrons in the highest
occupied energy level so the energy required to
remove an electron decreases.
Periodic Trends in Ionization Energy
The nuclear charge increases but shielding remains
constant so it will take more energy to remove the
electrons as you go left to right.
Trends in Ion Size
Cations are always
smaller than the
atoms from which
they form.
Trends in Ion Size
Anions are always
larger than the
atoms from which
they form.
Size generally increases
Trends in Electronegativity
Electronegativity – the ability of an atom of an
element to attract electrons when the atom is in a
compound.
In general, electronegativity values decrease from
top to bottom within a group.
For representative elements the values tend to
increase from left to right across a period.
Summary of Trends
The trends that exist among the properties can be
explained by variations in atomic structure.
See page 178 for a quick summary (put this in your
notes).
Elemental Funkiness