The information on this page is ✔ fact-checked. Inner transition metals, also known as f-block elements, are two series of chemical elements located within the periodic table. The first series is known as the lanthanides and consists of elements with atomic numbers ranging from 57 to 71. The second series is called the actinides and … Read more
The information on this page is ✔ fact-checked. Main-group elements, also known as representative elements, encompass a significant portion of the periodic table. They include elements from group 1 and 2, which form the s-block, as well as elements from group 13 to 18, which form the p-block. It’s worth noting that hydrogen is sometimes … Read more
The information on this page is ✔ fact-checked. Synthetic elements, also known as artificial elements or man-made elements, consist of a series of 24 chemical elements on the periodic table. These elements span from atomic number 95 to 118, specifically from americium (Am) to oganesson (Og). They are not naturally occurring on Earth and are … Read more
The information on this page is ✔ fact-checked. Rare-earth elements, also known as rare-earth metals or rare-earths, comprise a set of 17 chemical elements including scandium, yttrium, and the 15 lanthanides. Scandium and yttrium are considered rare-earth elements because they exhibit similar chemical properties to the lanthanides and are commonly found in the same ore … Read more
The information on this page is ✔ fact-checked. Superheavy elements, also referred to as transactinide elements or transactinides, are a set of 15 chemical elements with atomic numbers starting from 104 (rutherfordium) and extending to 118 (oganesson). These elements are characterized by their high atomic masses and are considered to be part of the transuranium … Read more
The information on this page is ✔ fact-checked. Transuranium elements, also known as transuranic elements, encompass a set of 26 chemical elements with atomic numbers greater than that of uranium (92). This set includes the first 11 elements beyond uranium, known as actinides, and the subsequent 15 elements, known as transactinides. With the exception of … Read more
The information on this page is ✔ fact-checked. Halogens, also known as the fluorine group, are a group of elements located in group 17 of the periodic table. This group comprises six chemical elements: fluorine (F), chlorine (Cl), bromine (Br), iodine (I), astatine (At), and tennessine (Ts). While the first five elements are widely accepted … Read more
The information on this page is ✔ fact-checked. The oxygen group, also referred to as the chalcogens or oxygen family, comprises six elements on the periodic table: oxygen (O), sulfur (S), selenium (Se), tellurium (Te), polonium (Po), and livermorium (Lv). These elements exhibit varying properties with oxygen as the lightest element in the group, categorized … Read more
The information on this page is ✔ fact-checked. The nitrogen group, also referred to as the nitrogen family, pentals, pnictogens, or group Ⅴ, consists of six chemical elements in the periodic table: nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), arsenic (As), antimony (Sb), bismuth (Bi), and moscovium (Mc). These elements, located in group 15, share similar characteristics due … Read more
The information on this page is ✔ fact-checked. The carbon group, also known as group 14, group Ⅳ, or the tetrels, consists of six elements on the periodic table. These elements are carbon (C), silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), tin (Sn), lead (Pb), and flerovium (Fl). Carbon, being the lightest element in the group, is a … Read more
