Problem Set 1

The Periodic Table

Name of Student: ____________________________________________________Course & Year: ________________________

Answer the following questions. You may use a separate sheet of paper if necessary.

1. The following table gives numbers of electrons, protons, and neutrons in atoms or ions of a
number of elements. Answer the following:

(a) Which of the species are neutral?

(b) Which are negatively charged?
(c) Which are positively charged?
(d) What are the conventional symbols for all the species A-G?

2. Complete the following table.

3. Below are 26 elements in the periodic table, each represented by a fictitious symbol. Using the
information and symbols given, fit each of these elements into the proper place in the blank
periodic table (IA to VIIIA, period 1 to 4). Use the fictitious symbols ONLY, not the actual
symbols. (20 pts.)

SYMBOL DESCRIPTION
W An inert gas with the biggest atomic size.
P An alkali metal in the second period.
X A halogen that is least reactive.
D An element that needs three valence electrons to become
stable and it is found in the third period.
K An atom that readily yields a 2+ ion in the fourth period.
B Has 3 more outer electrons than V
A Has 6 protons in its nucleus.
R Has an atomic number one less than A.
O Has an atomic number one more than A.
S Has 8 more protons in its nucleus than D.
F Has only one proton.
Y One shell (period) greater than B and they are found in the
same group.

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 I Has the largest atomic number in the group IV-A.
T Found in the fourth period, and has 6 outermost electrons.
C An atom that is one period more than U and 1 period less
than X.
V Has one more proton in its nucleus than U and 8 electrons
greater than G.
H Has the smallest atomic number in the group that has a
valence of -2.
G Lightest noble gas.
N Third period inert gas element.
J An element that will readily lose 2 electrons to become stable
like its nearest noble gas G.
Q Found in the same group with J and K. It has an atomic mass
greater than that of J and less than that of K.
E In the same period with Q but lesser atomic mass.
Z Largest atomic mass in group I-A.
U Halogen group that is the most reactive non-metal.
M Precedes element D in the same period.
L An element that needs two valence electrons to be stable.

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