Basic unit in chemistry 1. Period: rows, left to right Scanning tunneling microscopes 2. Groups: column, up to down Metal in yellow, non metal in blue 7) Symbols 1. Symbols Element H Hydrogen 2) Molecules He Helium Atoms joining together (two or more) Often ask about what form is the element in. Li Lithium 3) Element Be Berrylium Contain only 1 type of atoms B Boron 4) Compound Contain different types of atoms bonded C Carbon together chemically join together N Nitrogen O Oxygen F Fluorine Ne Neon Na Sodium 5) Pure and mixture Mg Magnesium Often ask about is it pure or mixture or define the term Al Aluminum Water is pure, because the same type of Si Silicon compound P Phosphorus Pure: only contains particles of the same type. It can form: S Sulphur Cl Chlorine Ar Argon K Potassium Ca Calcium 8) Formulae -element Rules: -compound-same type of compound a. Metals comes first, then look for groups Mixture: not pure, contain different type of b. Non-metal changes ending to -ide atoms or molecules do not bond together or If it is one element. react. c. Di- means two d. One carbon with one oxygen is carbon monoxide. Mono is two e. -ate if Nitrogen, Sulfur, carbon combine with oxygen. f. Oxygen+hydrogen is hydroxide. g. One capital letter, one element 6) Periodic table (Unimportant) 94 naturally occurring types of atoms(94 element ). 24 in laboratories