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Chemistry — CLASSIFICATION OF ELEMENTS AND PERIODICITY IN PROPERTIES
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It is the systematic arrangement of elements so that similar properties recur periodically with atomic number.
The properties of elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers \(Z\).
The modern periodic table is based on Moseley’s atomic number concept.
There are 7 horizontal periods.
There are 18 vertical groups.
It is the number of protons in the nucleus, denoted by \(Z\).
Regular repetition of properties after fixed intervals of atomic number.
Elements belonging to groups 1, 2, and 13–18.
Elements of d-block (groups 3–12).
f-block elements: lanthanoids and actinoids.
\(Z_{eff}=Z-\sigma\)
Half the distance between nuclei of two bonded atoms.
Decreases left to right.
Increases top to bottom.
Energy required to remove outermost electron from gaseous atom.