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The periodic table Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

First year of chemistry for aerospace engineering students.

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

The modern periodic table

Alkaline (ns¹)
lose 1 e⁻
 
valence 1+⟶Noble gas config­uration
Alkaline earth (ns)
lose 2 e⁻
 
valence 2+⟶Noble gas config­uration
Group 13(ns np)
light elements lose 3 e⁻
 
heavy elements lose 3 e⁻
Group 15/ Nitrogen group (ns np)
gain 3 e⁻
 
valence 3- (more important for light elements)
Group 16/ Oxygen group (ns np)
gain 2 e⁻
 
valence 2-⟶Noble gas config­uration
Group 17/ Halogens (ns np)
gain 1 e⁻
 
valence 1-⟶Noble gas config­uration

Atomic radii and ionic radii

In a group it increases with Z
In a period it decreases with Z

Ionization energy

realated with the metallic character: higher IE, easier to eject an e⁻, higher metallic character
IE depends on electr­on-­nucleus attraction
In a group it increases from bottom to top (from bigger to smaller radius))
In a period it increases from left to right (when Zeff increases)
Quantity of energy a gaseous atom must absorb to be able to expel an electron

Magnetic properties

Diamag­netic atom
all e⁻ are paired and the individual magnetic effects cancel out
Parama­gnetic atom
has unpaired e⁻, the individual magnetic effects don't cancel out. These unpaired e⁻ posses a magnetic moment that causes the atom to be attracted to an external magnetic field
 

Sizes of atoms and ions

Atomis radius is hard to define, effective charge density is extended to infinity, but the effective atomic radius is where there is a 95% of the electron charge density
Atomis radius depends on the size of the electron cloud: from different shells it depends on the value of n, for a given shell it depends on the Zeff
Penetr­ation:how close an electron gets to the nucelus
s e⁻>p e⁻>d e⁻ (in order of penetr­ation ability)
Screening: how an outer e⁻ is blocked from the nuclear charge by inner e⁻
Zeff=Z-σ

Slatter rules

considered e⁻ in an ns or np orbital
 
⦁all e⁻ in ns and np orbitals with the same value of n contribute with σ=0,35 (for n=1, σ=0,30)
 
⦁all e⁻ in orbitals with ni=ns,p-1 contribute with σ=0,85
 
⦁all e⁻ in orbitals with ni=ns,p-2 or lower contribute with σ=1
considered e⁻ in an nd or nf orbital
 
⦁all e⁻ in same nd and nf orbitals contribute with σ=0,35
 
⦁all the rest of e⁻ (ni≤nd,f) contribute with σ=0,35
Amount of nuclear charge felt by an e⁻ depends on its orbital and on the number of e⁻ inbetween itself and the nucleus

Electron Affinity

Related with the non-me­tallic character
the larger EA abs. value, the easier it is to gain an electron, the less metallic the element id
In a period, increases from left to right (as Zeff)
In a group, increases from bottom to top
*large number of anomalies
B.,N,O,F
Energy change that occurs when an atom in the gas phase gains an electron