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Chapter 6 of chemisrty vocab
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10th Grade
10/21/2011

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Periodic law
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States that when the elements are arranged by increaseng atomic number there is a periodic repetition of their properites
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group
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a vertical column of elements in the periodic table arranged in order of increaseing atomic numbers
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period
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a horizontal row of elemants in the moderen periodic table
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representative element
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elements from groups 1, 2, and 13-18 in the moderen periodic table possesing a wide range of chemical and physical properties
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trtansition element
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elements in groups 3-12 of the moderenperiodic table and are further divided into transition metals and inner transition metals
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metal
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an element that is solid at room tempertaure , a goodconductor of heat and electricity and gennerally shiny;most metals are ductile and malleable
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alkali metal
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group 1 elements except for hydrogen they are reactive and usually exist as compounds with other elements
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alkin earth metal
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group 2 elemnts th in the moderen periodic tasome ble and are highly reactive
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transition metal
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an element in in groups 3-12 that is contained in the d-block of periodic table and with exceptions is characterized by a filled outermost s orbital of energy level n and filled or partially filled d orbitals of energy energy level n-1
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inner transition metal
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a type of group b elements that is contained in the f-block of the periodic table and is characterized by a filled outermost orbital, and filled or partially filled 4f and 5f orbitals
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lanthanide series
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in periodic table the f-block elements from period 6 that follow the element lanthanum
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actinde series
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in the periodic table f-block elements from period 7 that followed the elements actiumum
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nonmetal
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elements that are generally gases or dull brittle solids that are poor conductors of heat and electricitry
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halogen
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a highly reactive group 17 element
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noble gas
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an exetremly unreative group 18 elements
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metalloid
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a metal that has physical and chemical properties of both metals and nonmetals
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ion
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an atom or bonded group of atoms with a positive or negative charge
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ionization energy
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the energy required to remove an electron from gases atom; generally ib=ncreases in moving from left to right across a period and decreases in moving down a group
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octet rule
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states that atoms lose, gain or shareelectrons in order to aquire the stable elctron configuration of noble gas
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electronegativity
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indicates the reliative ability of an elements atoms to attract electrons in a chemical bond
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