List of the 118 Elements of the Mendeleev Periodic Table

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Periodic table groups

Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4Group 5Group 6Group 7Group 8Group 9Group 10Group 11Group 12Group 13Group 14Group 15Group 16Group 17Group 18

Periodic table periods

Period 1Period 2Period 3Period 4Period 5Period 6Period 7

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Alkali metals (6 elements)

The alkali metals are the group 1 elements (excluding hydrogen): soft, shiny and highly reactive metals that react violently with water and are never found free in nature.

Lithium (Li)Sodium (Na)Potassium (K)Rubidium (Rb)Cesium (Cs)Francium (Fr)

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Alkaline earth metals (6 elements)

The alkaline earth metals are the group 2 elements: reactive metals, harder than the alkali metals and with higher melting points, that usually form ions with a +2 charge.

Beryllium (Be)Magnesium (Mg)Calcium (Ca)Strontium (Sr)Barium (Ba)Radium (Ra)

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Transition metals (38 elements)

The transition metals are the d-block elements: usually good conductors of heat and electricity, with several oxidation states, and they form colourful compounds and important catalysts.

Scandium (Sc)Titanium (Ti)Vanadium (V)Chromium (Cr)Manganese (Mn)Iron (Fe)Cobalt (Co)Nickel (Ni)Copper (Cu)Zinc (Zn)Yttrium (Y)Zirconium (Zr)Niobium (Nb)Molybdenum (Mo)Technetium (Tc)Ruthenium (Ru)Rhodium (Rh)Palladium (Pd)Silver (Ag)Cadmium (Cd)Hafnium (Hf)Tantalum (Ta)Tungsten (W)Rhenium (Re)Osmium (Os)Iridium (Ir)Platinum (Pt)Gold (Au)Mercury (Hg)Rutherfordium (Rf)Dubnium (Db)Seaborgium (Sg)Bohrium (Bh)Hassium (Hs)Meitnerium (Mt)Darmstadtium (Ds)Roentgenium (Rg)Copernicium (Cn)

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Lanthanides (15 elements)

The lanthanides are the 15 elements from lanthanum to lutetium, part of the f-block, with very similar chemical properties; they are often grouped among the “rare earths”.

Lanthanum (La)Cerium (Ce)Praseodymium (Pr)Neodymium (Nd)Promethium (Pm)Samarium (Sm)Europium (Eu)Gadolinium (Gd)Terbium (Tb)Dysprosium (Dy)Holmium (Ho)Erbium (Er)Thulium (Tm)Ytterbium (Yb)Lutetium (Lu)

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Actinides (15 elements)

The actinides are the 15 elements from actinium to lawrencium, part of the f-block, and all of them are radioactive.

Actinium (Ac)Thorium (Th)Protactinium (Pa)Uranium (U)Neptunium (Np)Plutonium (Pu)Americium (Am)Curium (Cm)Berkelium (Bk)Californium (Cf)Einsteinium (Es)Fermium (Fm)Mendelevium (Md)Nobelium (No)Lawrencium (Lr)

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Post-transition metals (12 elements)

The p-block metals (the post-transition metals) are usually softer than the transition metals and have lower melting points.

Aluminum (Al)Gallium (Ga)Indium (In)Tin (Sn)Thallium (Tl)Lead (Pb)Bismuth (Bi)Polonium (Po)Nihonium (Nh)Flerovium (Fl)Moscovium (Mc)Livermorium (Lv)

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Metalloids (6 elements)

The metalloids have properties between metals and nonmetals, and many of them are semiconductors.

Boron (B)Silicon (Si)Germanium (Ge)Arsenic (As)Antimony (Sb)Tellurium (Te)

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Nonmetals (7 elements)

The nonmetals are usually poor conductors of heat and electricity and are brittle in solid form; they are the base elements of organic and biological chemistry.

Hydrogen (H)Carbon (C)Nitrogen (N)Oxygen (O)Phosphorus (P)Sulfur (S)Selenium (Se)

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Halogens (6 elements)

The halogens are the group 17 elements: highly reactive nonmetals that form salt compounds with metals.

Fluorine (F)Chlorine (Cl)Bromine (Br)Iodine (I)Astatine (At)Tennessine (Ts)

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Noble gases (7 elements)

The noble gases are the group 18 elements: their outer shell is full, so under normal conditions they are very unreactive.

Helium (He)Neon (Ne)Argon (Ar)Krypton (Kr)Xenon (Xe)Radon (Rn)Oganesson (Og)

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