Periodic table Click here to download the entire Day 6 lecture as a PDF file. Depending on your computer, you may need to right click on the link.   It is an orderly arrangement of the elements We can tell about the properties of an element from its position in the table Gross tendencies Metals Nonmetals Metalloids the table More specific families Alkali metals Alkaline earth metals Oxygen family Halogens Oxyacids Lewis dot "Inert" gases" Transition metals Lanthanide's Actinides Other Generalizations Gaseous elements Liquid elements Solids Colored elements Radioactive elements Periodic trends Periodic Variations in Chemical Properties Size Electronegativity Ionization potential Number of bonds formed can be dependent on position in table Characteristic ionic charge can be dependent on position in table   Oxidation number Examples Problems