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Periodic Law

This document provides instructions for a lab activity where students will arrange elements on a periodic table based on clues about their properties and position. The clues relate elements to their atomic number, mass, group membership, phase, number of electrons, and other periodic trends. Students are asked to cut out blocks representing each element, place them in the correct positions on the periodic table, and then make observations about trends in properties within periods and groups.

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Periodic Law

This document provides instructions for a lab activity where students will arrange elements on a periodic table based on clues about their properties and position. The clues relate elements to their atomic number, mass, group membership, phase, number of electrons, and other periodic trends. Students are asked to cut out blocks representing each element, place them in the correct positions on the periodic table, and then make observations about trends in properties within periods and groups.

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Periodic Law

The present organization of the elements is a product of the first period table
published by Dimitri Mendeleev in 1869. The amazing accuracy of his predictions has
been very important to chemists in this century. However, the basis of his arrangement
was the atomic masses of the elements. This approach proved incorrect as it would have
placed some elements in a family with dissimilar elements. In accordance with
Moseley’s revision, the periodic law states: the properties of elements are in periodic
functions of their atomic number.
Each of the known elements has its own set of characteristic properties. These
range from solid to gas, lusterous to dull, low to high melting points, various colors and
so on. The elements are arranged within the periodic table into groups (vertical columns)
and periods (horizontal rows). This arrangement reflects the periodic or repeating nature
of the properties of elements. In this experiment, you will use your knowledge of
periodic properties and a list of clues to correctly arrange the elements from a scrambled
periodic table. You will also predict values for any information that is missing from the
table.
Objectives: In this lab you will arrange the elements according to a list of clues and your
knowledge of periodic properties, predict missing properties and explain the trends of
properties in groups and periods.
Equipment: scissors, glue, blank periodic table.
Procedure: 1) Cut out blocks A-Z. Use the following clues and arrange the elements in
their proper order on the blank periodic table provided. When you have placed these 26
elements in their correct positions, glue them to the blank table.
CLUES: These are important, write them down! The following elements belong
together in groups: ZRD PSIF JXBE LHT QKA WOV GUN YMC
J has an atomic # three times that of T. U has a total of six electrons.
I2A is the simple formula of an oxide. P is less dense than S.
S is an alkali metal. E is a noble gas.
W is a liquid. D has the largest atomic mass in its group.
B has ten protons. O has an atomic # larger than V. R
and D are exceptions to atomic radii C has five electrons in its outer energy level.
F is a gas. X has an atomic number one higher than F.
Y is a metalloid. O is a halogen.
The atomic mass of T is more than H. Q has an atomic mass two times that of A.
Atoms of I are larger than those of S. M has an atomic # one less than A.
L is an alkaline earth element with an atomic mass of 40.
The electrons of atom N are distributed over three energy levels.
The atomic radius of K is the largest of the group.
2) Cut out the remaining 16 blocks. Use the information provided in each block and
your knowledge of periodic properties to arrange these elements in their proper position
and glue.
Questions: 1) Examine your completed table. What general observations can be made
of trends within periods and groups for the following properties: a) density b) atomic
radii c) melting point.
2) List four physical properties that distinguish metals from nonmetals.

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