What Are the Columns Called on the Periodic Table?
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Groups, plain and simple.
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Columns on the periodic table are called groups. For example, Group 1 contains the alkali metals.
They are called groups! Each group has elements with similar properties.
I'm a chemistry teacher, and we always refer to the columns as groups. Easy to remember since they group similar elements together!
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