| A | B |
| Halogen | F, Cl, Br, I, At |
| Florine (s) | F |
| Florine (info) | Most chemically active, gas |
| Florine (Uses) | Tooth paste & CIty H20 |
| Chlorine (s) | Cl |
| Chlorine (info) | Most abundant halogen, odor, gas |
| Chlorine (Uses) | Disinfectant in pools & bleach |
| Chlorine | Obtained from seawater |
| Bromine (s) | Br |
| Bromine (info) | Liquid |
| Bromine (Uses) | Light bulbs, dyes in makeup & hair |
| Iodine (s) | I |
| Iodine (info) | Shiny, grey, solid, heated-purple vapor |
| Iodine (origin) | obtained from seawater |
| Iodine (Uses) | essential to diet-produces hormone thyroxin & prvents goiter |
| Astatine (info) | Radioactive & rare |
| Noble Gases (info) | don't form compounds |
| Noble Gases | Helium & Neon |
| Helium (Uses) | Balloons |
| Neon (Uses) | Lights |
| Boron Group | Boron, Aluminium, Gallium, Indium, Thallium (13) |
| Boron (info) | metalloid |
| Boric acid (info) | mild antiseptic; compound of Boron |
| Borax (info/uses) | Used in laundry products to soften water; compound or Boron |
| Aluminium (s) | Al |
| Aluminum (info) | metal, most abundant on earth's crust |
| Aluminum (Uses) | cans, foil wrap, cooking pans, buildings, airplanes |
| Gallum, Indium, Thallium | Produce Semiconductors |
| Carbon Group | (14); 4 electrons OEL, carbon, silicon, germanium, Tin, lead |
| Carbon | nonmetal |
| Carbon allotropes | Diamond & Graphite |
| Graphite | Black powder that consists of heagonal layers of carbon atoms & excellant lubricant |
| Hexagons | each carbon atoms is bonded to three other carbon atoms and the fourth to the next layer; so layers can slide |
| Diamond | extremly hard & clear; bonded with four other carbon atoms at vertices of a tetrahedron so many tetrahedrons form togeether in one molecule |
| Vertices | corner points |
| SIlicon | 2nd in abundance on earth's crust |
| Silicon (found) | rocks, soil, sand |
| Silicon (allotropes) | Hard, grey substance & brown powder |
| Silicon dioxide | similar form to tetrahedrons in diamond |
| Nitrogen group | (15) share electrons to form covalent bonds, nitrogen, phosporus, arsenic, antimony, bismith |
| Nitrogen (info) | breath=80%, 4th in abundance in your body, must be obtained in compounds |
| Nitrogen (uses) | fertilizers |
| Phosphorus (info) | nonmetal,3 allotropes |
| Phosphorus (uses) | water softeners to fertilizers to match heads |
| Antimony (info) | metalloid |
| Antimony (uses) | Lower melting points of other metals |
| Bismuth (info) | metal |
| Bismuth (uses) | Lower melting points of other metals, automatic fire-sprikler heads |
| Oxygen Group | (16) Oxygen, sulfur, selenium, Tellurium, Polonium |
| Oxygen (info) | nonmetal, makes up 20% of air, need to breath and respritory system |
| Oxygen (found) | diatomic molcule, during stoms change to ozone molecules |
| Sulfur (info) | nonmetal, noncrystalline & crystalline solid |
| Sulfur (uses) | combines with metals to form colors for pigments in paints |
| Selenium (info) | nonmetal, trace amounts in diet,toxic if too much in system |
| Selenium (found) | multivitamins |
| Alkali Metals | most reactive, (1), many uses, oxidation #+1, lithium, sodium, potassium, Rubidium, Cesium, Francium |
| Lithium | treat bipolar diseases |
| Sodium | Salt |
| POtassium | necessary for life b/c nerves and mucles need it to work |
| Francium | reactive, radioactive, rare |
| Alkaline | earth metals, very reactive, not in nature (2) |
| Beryllium (s) | Be |
| Berylium (info) | emeralds adn aquamarines |
| Magnesium | FIreworks, fine wire that burns brightly |
| Calcium | makes nones strong so you NEED it |
| Barium | DIaginose digestive disorders |
| Radium | Radioactive, treats cancer |
| Iron triad | Iron, cobolt, nickel; magnetic field |
| iron | abundace, most widely used |
| cobolt | steel |
| nickel | strength, shiny, protective coating |
| COinage metals | (11) unreactive, nature, coins |
| copper | electric wiring, conducts electricity, cheap |
| SIlver | Photographic film & paper, jewelry |
| GOld | Jewelry b/c soft, color, rarity |
| Group 12 | Zinc, Cadmium, Mercury |
| Zinc | Coat, plate other metals such as iron |
| Cadmium | plating and rechargeable batteries |
| Mercury (info) | silvery, liquid, poisnois |
| Mercury (uses) | thermoniters, batteries, switches, thermostats |
| Neptunium | truns into pluinoium |
| Plutonium | Bombs |
| Amerconium | smoke detectors |