Learn about the characteristics that distinguish the Groups of chemical elements.
Elements can be categorized according to their similar properties. Here's a periodic table that organizes the elements according to groups. Click an element symbol and learn about the group to which it belongs.
These are the element groups found in the periodic table of the elements. There are links to lists of elements within each group.
This ten question multiple choice chemistry quiz tests your ability to match the elements with their element groups in the periodic table.
The actinides share common properties, distinct from other rare earth elements.
Learn about the common properties shared by the alkali metals.
The alkaline earths possess the properties shared by all metals, but they have characteristics common to their own group as well.
Learn about the characteristics of the lanthanide series, one of the rare earth groups.
The halogens are a specific group of nonmetals with some distinctive properties.
Most of the chemical elements are metals of one variety or another. Learn about some of the properties common to this large element group.
The metalloids or semimetals share some of the properties of metals and some of the properties of nonmentals.
Get information about the properties shared by the noble or inert gases.
Get information about the common characteristics of the nonmetals.
Learn about the common properties of the rare earths, which include the lanthanide and actinide series of elements.
Get facts about the transition elements.
Most elements are metals. This group includes the alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, transition metals, basic metals, and rare earth elements.
Here is a list of elements that are actinides, a subset of the rare earth elements group.
These are the elements that belong to the alkali metals group.
Here is a list of elements belonging to the alkaline earth metals group, sometimes simply called the alkaline earths.
There are several element groups that are considered metals. This is a list of the basic metals.
This is a list of elements that belong to the halogen group.
Here's a list of elements that are lanthanides, a subset of the rare earth group of elements.
These elements are noble gases, sometimes called inert gases.
Here is a list of elements that are considered to belong to the nonmetals group.
This is a list of rare earth elements, which are metals. The rare earth element group includes the lanthanides and actinides.
This is a list of elements considered to be semimetals or metalloids, elements that have properties of both metals and nonmetals.
Here is a list of elements that are considered to be transition metals or transition elements.
