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Periodic Law Instructions

This document provides background information on the periodic table and its development over time. It then outlines an experiment where students will rearrange scrambled elements into the proper periodic table order using clues about their properties. They will then predict missing properties for each element based on its location in the table and explain trends in properties across periods and families.

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Periodic Law Instructions

This document provides background information on the periodic table and its development over time. It then outlines an experiment where students will rearrange scrambled elements into the proper periodic table order using clues about their properties. They will then predict missing properties for each element based on its location in the table and explain trends in properties across periods and families.

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Chemistry Name _________________________

Periodic Law Activity Date __________________________

BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The present organization of the elements is a product of the first widely-
accepted periodic table done by Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869. The amazing accuracy of his predictions has been
very important to chemists in this century. However, the basis of his arrangement was the atomic masses of the
elements. This approach proved incorrect as it would have placed some elements in a family with dissimilar
properties. Henry Moseley rearranged the table on the basis of atomic numbers of the elements. In accordance
with Moseley’s revision, the periodic law states: the properties of the elements are periodic functions of
their atomic numbers.
Each of the known elements has its own set of characteristic properties. These range from solid to gas,
lustrous to dull, low to high melting points, various colors, and so on. The elements are arranged within the
periodic table into groups or families (vertical columns) and periods (horizontal rows). This arrangement
reflects the periodic or repeating nature of the properties of the elements.

OBJECTIVES: In this experiment, you will


 Arrange the elements in Groups I-VIII (not transition or inner transition metals) according to a list of
clues and your knowledge of periodic properties.
 Predict the missing properties of each element based on location in the table.
 Explain the trends of properties in families and periods.

PROCEDURE:
1. Locate your scrambled periodic table. Use the following clues and organize the elements in their proper
order. Record this proper order on the blank periodic table given to you.

2. The following sets of elements belong together in groups:


ZRD, PSIF, JXBE, LHT, QKA, WOV, GUN, YMC

a. J has an atomic number three times that m. F is a gas


of T n. X has an atomic number one higher than F
b. U has a total of six electrons o. L is an alkaline earth element with atomic
c. I2A is the simple formula of an oxide mass of 40
d. P is less dense than S p. Y is a metalloid
e. S is an alkali metal q. O is a halogen
f. E is a noble gas r. The atomic mass of T is more than that of
g. W is a liquid H
h. Z has the smallest atomic mass in its s. Q has an atomic mass 2 times that of A
group t. Atoms of I are larger than those of S
i. B has ten protons u. M has an atomic number of one less than
j. O has an atomic number larger than V that of A
k. D has the largest atomic mass of its v. The electrons of atom N are distributed
group over three energy levels
l. C has five electrons in its outer energy w. The atomic radius of K is the largest of the
level group

3. Some information is missing from each block (element). Predict the values for the missing items
from the location of the element on the periodic table. Write your predictions in each box of the
blank periodic table.

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