Chemistry Periodic Trend Scenarios

1. A company plans to make an electronic device. They need to use an element that has
chemical and physical behavior similar to that of silicon but must have an atomic mass
that is less than that of lead. Which element would your recommend and explain.

2. Xenon, a nonreactive gas used in strobe lights, is a poor conductor of heat and
electricity. Without looking at the period table, explain how you would use the
information provided to determine whether xenon is a metal, nonmetal or metalloid.
Where would you expect to find it on the Periodic Table? In which group?

3. Determine the element with similar chemical properties to that of lead but can be used
in making computer chips because it happens to be a metalloid with a low atomic mass.