PERIODIC TRENDS IN REACTIVITY

vent rapid oxidation. Elements in other columns of the periodic table have also been given special “family” names. For instance, the elements in Groups 2, 11 (Cu, Ag, and Au), 16, 17, and 18 are commonly re-ferred to as the alkaline earth metals, the coinage metals, the chalcogens, the halogens, and the noble gases, respectively. ................
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