Group Name: periodicity

Group Name

Some groups within the periodic table are given special names. For instance the Group 1 elements are referred to commonly as the "alkaline metals". This information can be found in almost any inorganic chemistry text.

Units

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Notes

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Literature sources

1. J.E. Huheey, E.A. Keiter, and R.L. Keiter in Inorganic Chemistry : Principles of Structure and Reactivity, 4th edition, HarperCollins, New York, USA, 1993.
2. N.N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw in Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd edition, Butterworth, UK, 1997.
3. F.A. Cotton, G. Wilkinson, C.A. Murillo, and M. Bochmann, in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.

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