Periodic table crossword
Across
- 3. An element which is typically brittle
- 6. The law that the properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers
- 8. A negatively charged ion
- 11. The measure of the size of atoms, usually the mean or typical distance from the nucleus to the boundary of the surrounding cloud of electrons
- 12. An atom or molecule describes the minimum amount of energy required to remove an electron (to infinity) from the atom or molecule in the gaseous state
- 15. The name of the first group in the periodic table
- 17. Classified as metals, nonmetals, and metalloids
- 18. The energy it takes to remove an electron from an atom that is neutral
- 20. The name of a row on the periodic table
- 22. The energy it takes to remove an electron from an 2+ion
- 23. An element which is ductile and malleable
Down
- 1. A chemical property that describes the tendency of an atom or a functional group to attract electrons (or electron density) towards itself
- 2. The name of a column on the periodic table
- 4. Good conductors of Heat and Electricity
- 5. The energy it takes to remove an electron from a 1+ ion
- 7. The radius exhibited by an ion in an ionic crystal where the ions are packed together to a point where their outermost electronic orbitals are in contact with each other
- 9. A positively charged ion
- 10. An electron that is in the highest occupied energy level of an atom
- 13. An atom or bonded group of atoms with a positive or negative charge
- 14. The amount of energy released when an electron is added to a neutral atom or molecule in the gaseous state to form a negative ion
- 16. An element whose properties are in between Metals and Nonmetals
- 19. Is the number of protons in an atom
- 21. The total number of protons and neutrons in an atom