Alkali Metals

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Alkali Metals Soft, silvery colored metals Very
reactive!!! Usually exist as compounds Low
melting point
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Alkaline Earth Metals
Silvery-White Metals Fairly reactive Many are
found in rocks in the earths crust Like to react
with oxygen in atmosphere easliy
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Transition Metals
Malleable) Solid except Hg
Most are good Conductors of electricity
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How many things can you think of that have
Transition Metals in them?
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What are metalloids used in?
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Halogens
Most are Poisonous Fairly reactive Bromine is
Liquid
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Chlorine Gas was used as a chemical weapon during
World War I. It was used by the Nazis in World
War II.
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Noble Gases
Unreactive, colorless, odorless Gases at room
temperature Nonmetals Exist by themselves
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Jellyfish lamps made with noble gases artist-
Eric Ehlenberger
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Colors Noble Gases produce in lamp tubes

• Ne (Neon) orange-red
• Hg (Mercury) light blue
• Ar (Argon) pale lavender
• He (Helium) pale peach
• Kr (Krypton) pale silver
• Xe (Xenon) pale, deep blue

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Lanthanide Series Used in lamps, lasers,
projectors
Actinide Series Only 90-92 found in nature