1. Special Groups and Names
Color the Periodic Table on the back of the note paper as we go through the different groups.

2. What are Alkali Metals?
Elements in Group 1 of the Periodic Table

3. Physical Properties Shiny metals Very soft and light weight
Good conductors of electricity

4. Chemical Properties All have an electron configuration that ends in s1
Only one electron in their outermost energy level
Highly reactive because they want to lose that electron
React violently with water
Have the lowest ionization potentials in their periods

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6. What are Alkaline-Earth Metals?
Elements in Group 2 of the Periodic Table

7. Physical Properties Silvery colored
Each of the metals have two electrons on the outmost shell
The two electrons make the Alkaline metals harder, more dense, and have higher melting points than the metals in group 1

8. Chemical Properties
Highly reactive, but slightly less reactive then the alkali metals
React strongly with halogens to form salt ions and when combined with water, they form alkaline hydroxides
Usually react with oxygen, which wants 2 electrons, to form oxides

9. What are Halogens? Elements in Group 17 of the Periodic Table
The word halogen comes from Greek and means “salt maker”

10. Physical Properties Halogens have a wide range of physical properties.
The melting and boiling point of the halogens increase as one moves down the periodic table. This is why at room temperature, fluorine and chlorine are gases, bromine is a liquid, and iodine and astatine are solids.
Astatine is the rarest naturally occurring element.

11. Chemical Properties Most reactive nonmetals on the Periodic Table
Halogens have 7 valence electrons and therefore need one more to have a complete octet.
Reacts with most metals, especially alkali metals, to produce salts.

12. What are Noble Gases?
Any of the chemically inert, gaseous elements of the periodic table
Elements are located in Group 18 on the periodic table
Also known as the Helium or Neon Family
All found in small quantities
in the atmosphere

13. Physical Properties Odorless & Colorless
Monatomic Construction (having one atom in the molecule)
Boil at low temperatures, ranging from Helium’s boiling point of C to Radon’s point of -620C
Melt at low temperatures ranging from Helium’s point of -2720C to Radon’s point of - 710C

14. Chemical Properties
Rarely react with other elements, defining them as “stable”
Low chemical reactions allowing for few compounds to be formed (Helium, Neon, and Argon do not have any known combinations)
So, highly unreactive due to the full amount of valence electrons in outer shell (total of 8)

15. Other Groups The Transition Metals The Inner Transition Metals
Electron configuration ends in d
Found in the middle of the Periodic Table (The d block)
Can lose a number of different electrons depending on the element with which it reacts
The Inner Transition Metals
Electron configuration ends in f
Found at the bottom of the Periodic Table (The f block)
Subdivided in the lanthanide and actinide series.