What is a family in a periodic table?
Families in the periodic table? Just think of them as groups of element buddies with similar properties hanging out in the same column!
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In the Periodic Table, a family (also called a group) is a column of elements that share similar chemical properties. For example, the noble gases are all part of one family and tend to be inert.
A family in the periodic table refers to elements in the same vertical column; they have similar valence electron configurations and chemical behavior.
Basically, a periodic table family is a column where elements share common traits鈥攍ike those alkali metals all being pretty reactive!
Groups = Families on the periodic table. Science terms for columns where the elements have similar properties.
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