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8e Atoms and Elements1
8e Atoms and Elements1
Chapter 2
How many different substances are there?
carbon
helium
copper
Oxygen is an
element made up of
oxygen atoms only.
How many atoms
are there in an
oxygen molecule?
oxygen O2
There are
groups of
two atoms
in each
molecule.
nitrogen N2
Is this element a metal or a non-metal ?
Hard to
say!
H
He
Li Be iron
(I) (Fe)
antimony
iodine (Sb) B C N O F Ne
copper (Cu)
phosphorus
sulfur
magnesium (S) (P)
(Mg)
Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe
Cs Ba La Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
Fr Ra Ac Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt ? ? ?
Metals and non-metals in the periodic table
The periodic table is a list of all the known elements which
are arranged according to the similarities in their properties.
Metals are on the Non-metals are
left and in the centre. mostly on the right.
Xe
elements compound
carbon oxygen carbon dioxide
combines to make
with
elements compound
hydrogen oxygen water
combines to make
with