\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{resaraj} \pdfinfo{ /Title (the-periodic-table.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (resaraj) /Subject (The periodic table Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{E05046} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{FDF4F3} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{The periodic table Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{resaraj} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/209482/cs/45151/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}resaraj \\ \uline{cheatography.com/resaraj} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Not Yet Published.\\ Updated 29th November, 2024.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. 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*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.76 cm} x{4.24 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{The modern periodic table}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Alkaline (ns$^{\textrm{1}}$)}} & lose 1 e⁻ \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & valence 1+⟶Noble gas configuration \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Alkaline earth (ns)}} & lose 2 e⁻ \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & valence 2+⟶Noble gas configuration \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Group 13(ns np)}} & light elements lose 3 e⁻ \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & heavy elements lose 3 e⁻ \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Group 15/ Nitrogen group (ns np)}} & gain 3 e⁻ \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} & valence 3- (more important for light elements) \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Group 16/ Oxygen group (ns np)}} & gain 2 e⁻ \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} & valence 2-⟶Noble gas configuration \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Group 17/ Halogens (ns np)}} & gain 1 e⁻ \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} & valence 1-⟶Noble gas configuration \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.92 cm} x{4.08 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Atomic radii and ionic radii}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} In a group it increases with Z & In a period it decreases with Z \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Ionization energy}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} realated with the metallic character: higher IE, easier to eject an e⁻, higher metallic character & IE depends on electron-nucleus attraction \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} 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) \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Quantity of energy a gaseous atom must absorb to be able to expel an electron} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.72 cm} x{5.28 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Magnetic properties}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Diamagnetic atom}} & all e⁻ are paired and the individual magnetic effects cancel out \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{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 \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 7) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sizes of atoms and ions}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Atomis radius is hard to define, effective charge density is extended to infinity, but the {\emph{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 \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 9) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Penetration}}:how close an electron gets to the nucelus & s e⁻\textgreater{}p e⁻\textgreater{}d e⁻ (in order of penetration ability) \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Screening}}: how an outer e⁻ is blocked from the nuclear charge by inner e⁻ & Zeff=Z-σ \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.8 cm} x{7.2 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Slatter rules}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{considered e⁻ in an {\emph{ns}} or {\emph{np}} orbital} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & ⦁all e⁻ in ns and np orbitals with the same value of n contribute with σ=0,35 (for n=1, σ=0,30) \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & ⦁all e⁻ in orbitals with n\textasciitilde{}i\textasciitilde{}=n\textasciitilde{}s,p\textasciitilde{}-1 contribute with σ=0,85 \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & ⦁all e⁻ in orbitals with n\textasciitilde{}i\textasciitilde{}=n\textasciitilde{}s,p\textasciitilde{}-2 or lower contribute with σ=1 \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{considered e⁻ in an {\emph{nd}} or {\emph{nf}} orbital} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & ⦁all e⁻ in same nd and nf orbitals contribute with σ=0,35 \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & ⦁all the rest of e⁻ (n\textasciitilde{}i\textasciitilde{}≤n\textasciitilde{}d,f\textasciitilde{}) contribute with σ=0,35 \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Amount of nuclear charge felt by an e⁻ depends on its orbital and on the number of e⁻ inbetween itself and the nucleus} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Electron Affinity}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 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 \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} In a period, increases from left to right (as Zeff) & In a group, increases from bottom to top \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} *large number of anomalies & B.,N,O,F \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Energy change that occurs when an atom in the gas phase gains an electron} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}