WHAT IS “THE PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS”?
2. The periodic table of the elements
organizes the chemical elements according to
1. An element is a pure substance that
the atomic number.
is made of only one kind of atom.
Each of the elements occupies a position in
Examples: oxygen, nitrogen, carbon...
the periodic table.
Each row is called “period”.
Atomic number
Symbol
Name
of the
element
Relative atomic mass
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