Across
- 2. can neither gain nor lose electrons to gain stability
- 4. last element of second group
- 5. area of the periodic table which have elements with the ability to form positive ions
- 8. particles present in energy levels
- 9. yellow lustrous least reactive metal
- 11. radioactive element of seventeenth group
- 15. lightest element in the periodic table
- 16. number of electrons in the valence shell to make an atom stable
- 17. distribution of electrons
- 18. the smallest particle which has the properties of an element
- 21. representative element of group V-A
- 22. area of periodic table having man made elements only
Down
- 1. occupy single position in the periodic table
- 3. cannot have complete octet even after sharing three electron pairs
- 6. arrangement of elements by atomic numbers
- 7. charge which cannot be gained by chlorine
- 10. element requiring two electrons in second shell to complete it
- 12. forms positive ion most easily
- 13. stable element which follows duplet rule
- 14. the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom which determines the chemical properties
- 19. column in the periodic table of elements where atoms have identical valence electrons
- 20. longest row of elements