Virtual Chemistry Text: The Periodic Table

The Periodic Table is a way elements can be organized, based on their similar properties. Find out what that table is, how it was designed, and how you can use it to make your study of chemistry much easier.

Learn the Concepts

• Who Invented the Periodic Table?
• Periodic Table Study Guide
• Introduction to the Periodic Table
• Mnemonic for Symbols of the First Elements
• Metals
• Nonmetals
• Semimetals or Metalloids
• Alkali Metals
• Alkaline Earth Metals
• Halogens
• Noble Gases
• Transition Metals
• Rare Earth Metals
• Lanthanides
• Actinides
• Trends in the Periodic Table
• How Atomic Number Relates to Atomic Mass

Practice Problems

• Memorize the Elements
• Isotopes & Nuclear Symbols
• Atomic Mass & Isotope Abundance

Test Yourself

• Element Atomic Number Quiz
• Periodic Table Quiz
• Periodic Table Trends Quiz
• Element Group Quiz

Useful Tools

• Javascript Periodic Table
• Periodic Table of the Elements
• Printable Periodic Tables
• Groups of Elements Periodic Table
• Chart of Valences
• Electron Configuration Chart
• Mendeleev's Periodic Table
• Free Downloadable Periodic Table
• Element Atomic Weights

For Fun

• Firework Periodic Table
• Humorous Periodic Tables

Virtual Chemistry Text Table of Contents