CHM012 - Module 3 (Part 3)
CHM012 - Module 3 (Part 3)
Periodic Table
the most significant tool that chemists use for organizing and remembering chemical facts.
Discovery of elements:
The periodic table arises from the periodic patterns in the electronic configurations of the elements. Elements
in the same column contain the same number of valence electrons. The trends within a row or column form
patterns that help us make predictions about chemical properties and reactivity.
In 1869, Dmitri Mendeleev and Lothar Meyer arranged the elements in order of increasing atomic weight.
Periodic Law: “When the elements are arranged in order of increasing atomic masses, certain sets of
properties recur periodically.”
Scientists at that time had no knowledge of atomic numbers. Atomic weights, however, generally
increase with increasing atomic number, so both Mendeleev and Meyer fortuitously arranged the
elements in proper sequence. Certain elements were missing from this scheme.
“The properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers.”
He identified the atomic number with the number of protons in the nucleus of the atom and the number
of electrons in the atom.
an arrangement of the atoms in increasing order of their atomic numbers that collects atoms with similar
properties in vertical columns.
A. Based on Properties
1. Metals
have lustrous, silvery, appearance
good conductors of heat and electricity, malleable and ductile
high melting point, lose electrons
elements in the left side and in the center of the periodic table.
2. Nonmetals
nonconductors, nonmalleable, nonductile and have no metallic luster
elements on the right side of the periodic table.
3. Metalloid/Semimetals
an element that has properties that are intermediate between those of metals and nonmetals.
Reactivity
2. Transition Elements
elements that have filled or partially-filled inner d subshell
found in Groups 1B – 8B
4. Noble/Inert Gases
have filled valence subshell; elements in Group 8A; very stable since closed shell (ns 2np6)
3. Hydrogen
a colorless, diatomic gas and the first element in the periodic table
does not belong to any family
has a 1s1 electronic configuration
Periodicity
the trends in the behavior of the elements.
arises from the periodic patterns in the electron configuration of the element.
Periodic Properties/Trends
TRENDS:
within each group (column) – atomic radius increases from top to bottom (increasing n or number of
shells)
within each period (row) – atomic radius decrease from left to right (increasing atomic number and
number of electrons, thus increasing effective nuclear charge, Zeff)
3. Ionic Size
Cations are generally smaller than the metals from which they were formed.
Anions are generally larger than the nonmetal from which they were formed.
4. Ionization Energy
minimum energy required to remove an electron from the ground state of the isolated gaseous atom.
FIRST IONIZATION ENERGY (I1) - energy needed to remove the first (outermost) electron
The second ionization energy (I2), is the energy needed to remove the second electron); I1 < I2 < I3
o Example: I1 and I1 of sodium
Small atoms are expected to have high IE because their valence electrons are nearer and more strongly
attracted to the nucleus.
Large atoms are expected to have low EA because their valence electrons are farther from the nucleus.
Small atoms have high EA because added electron will be closest to the nucleus.
TRENDS:
more negative (higher affinity) going across a period (left to right)
6. Metallicity
In general, the metallic character decreases across a period and increases down a group.
7. Electronegativity
the ability of a bonded atom to attract electrons to itself
In general, EN increases across a period and decreases down a group
SUMMARY:
Exercise 1 (Assignment)
1. Referring to a periodic table, arrange (as much as possible) the atoms 15P, 16S, 33As, and 34Se in
order of increasing size.
2. Arrange 11Na, 4Be, and 12Mg in order of increasing atomic radius.
3. Arrange Mg2+, Ca2+, and Ca in order of decreasing radius.
4. Which of the following atoms and ions is largest: S2-, S, O2-?
5. In the isoelectronic series Rb+, Sr2+, Y3+, which ion is largest?
6. Which has the greater third ionization energy, Ca or S?
7. Arrange the atoms Ne, Na, P, Ar, K in order of increasing first ionization energy.
8. Which has the lowest first ionization energy, B, Al, C, or Si? Which has the highest?