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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{PROPERTIES COMMON IN ALL METALS}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{\$}} Solid. \newline % Row Count 1 (+ 1) {\bf{\$}} Shiny (metallic luster). \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 1) {\bf{\$}} Silver. \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 1) {\bf{\$}} Malleable \& ductile -{}-\textgreater{} layers of +ve ions can slide over each other. \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 2) {\bf{\$}} Good conductor of electricity (free moving electrons).% Row Count 7 (+ 2) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{GROUP I}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{AKA}} Alkali metals. \newline % Row Count 1 (+ 1) {\bf{PHYSICAL PROPERTIES}} \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 1) {\bf{\$}} Soft. \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 1) {\bf{\$}} Low melting point {\emph{(Decreases down the group).}} \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 2) {\bf{\$}} Low density {\emph{(Increases down the group).}} \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 1) {\bf{\$}} All their compounds are soluble in water. \newline % Row Count 7 (+ 1) {\bf{CHEMICAL PROPERTIES}} \newline % Row Count 8 (+ 1) {\bf{\$}} Monovalent (one oxidation state). \newline % Row Count 9 (+ 1) {\bf{\$}} Lose 1 electron \& form a +ve ion. \newline % Row Count 10 (+ 1) {\bf{\$}} Very reactive {\emph{(Increases down the group).}} \newline % Row Count 11 (+ 1) "They're preserved in paraffin or Kerosene". \newline % Row Count 12 (+ 1) {\bf{\$}} No catalytic properties. \newline % Row Count 13 (+ 1) {\bf{\$}} Their compounds are white when solid \& colorless when aqueous. \newline % Row Count 15 (+ 2) {\bf{\$}} React with cold water forming an alkali (soluble metal hydroxide). \newline % Row Count 17 (+ 2) "2Na + 2H`2`O -{}-\textgreater{} 2NaOH + H`2`." \newline % Row Count 18 (+ 1) {\bf{\$}} React with Oxygen forming a metal oxide. \newline % Row Count 19 (+ 1) "4Li + O`2` -{}-\textgreater{} 2Li`2`O." \newline % Row Count 20 (+ 1) {\bf{\$}} Their compounds never undergo thermal decomposition except group 1 nitrate. \newline % Row Count 22 (+ 2) "2NaNO`3` -{}-{}-\textgreater{} 2NaNO`2` + O`2`."% Row Count 23 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\textasciitilde{} Lithium has the highest melting point, the lowest density and the lowest reactivity. \newline \textasciitilde{} Cesium is the most reactive in this group.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}