PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS

THE GROUPS

vertical column in the periodic table

numbering the column from 1-18 going from left to right 18 groups

GROUPS IN THE PERIODIC TABLE

1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13

14

15

16

17

18

Lanthanide series Actinide series

THE PERIODS

horizontal row in the periodic table

7 periods numbering the row from 1-7 going from top to bottom

PERIODS IN THE PERIODIC TABLE

1
2

3
4

5
6

THE BASIC PRINCIPLE OF ARRANGING THE ELEMENTS IN THE PERIODIC TABLE

according to the proton number

from left to right and from top to bottom zig zag pattern

PROTON NUMBER

Atomic number
number of proton in atoms nucleus

PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS