Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry
8.1Arrangement of elements
Arrangement of elements in Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 8.1.1Describe the Periodic Table as an arrangement of the elements in periods and groups in order of increasing proton (atomic) number.
- 8.1.2Describe how the elements change from metallic to non-metallic character across a period.
- 8.1.3Describe how the group number is related to the charge on the ions formed by elements in that group.
- 8.1.4Explain, in terms of electronic configuration, why elements in the same group have similar chemical properties.
- 8.1.5Explain how the position of an element in the Periodic Table can be used to predict its properties.
- 8.1.6Supplement: identify trends in a group from information given about its elements.
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The Periodic Table and periodic trends
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