SahianRamirez-What+is+the+Periodic+Table+and+how+is+it+organized?

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= = The periodic table is the classification and the order of the elements that use the atomic number form. To give the description of the elements and the chemical and physical effects. = = The periodic table is organized into a basic catergory of metals and nonmetals. There are also metalloids which are the halfway elements. These are metal and nonmetal at the same time. The periodic table is also organized into family groups that over the centuries, chemist use many combinations. To create the columns, and families of the table.

 The first family of the table is the Alkali Metals, these make up the first column under hydrogen. The metals are lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, and francium. These metals are know to strongly or violently act with water. Alkali metals quickly connect with the other elements because they easily give up there electrons. The alkali family combine usually with sodium chloride and potassium chloride. Alkali metals are silver like, they are high in electrical conductivity, they can be bent without losing the strongness. They can be hit hard and still not break.  The second family is the Alkaline-Earth Metals, which are Beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, and radium. These are like the Alkali they give there electrons to form compounds with minerals.  The third family of the periodic table is the Transition Metals.  The fourth family is the boron family, these are silver like metals which are aluminum, gallium, indium, thallium, and ununtrium.  The fifth family is the Carbon family these are carbon,silicon, germanium, tin, lead, and ununquadium. Carbon is the backbone of all living things. Silicon is the second element that is mostly on the earth.  The nitrogen family is the Sixth family these are nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony, bismuth, and ununpentium.  The seventh family is the oxygen family, these make up sulfur, selenium, tellurium, polonium, and There is the Halogen family that is made up of fluorine, Chlorine, bromine, and idoine. The last family is the noble gas family these elements do not have color and they can't be seen. They do not have taste or smell, and cannot be seen without special equipment. These do not connect with other elements under big conditions. These elements are Helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, radon, and unumoctium.

"The Families of Elements." The New Book of Popular Science. Grolier Online. 2011. http://nbps.grolier.com/article?id=4011500&product_id=nbps (accessed February 8, 2011).