PERIODIC TABLE GROUPS

S GROUP-ALKALI METALS AND ALKALINE ERATH METALS

• Not found freely in nature
• Low density
• High melting and boiling points
• Two electrons in their outer shell
• Very soft; can be cut with a knife

P-POST TRANSITION, SEMI, AND NON-METALS

• Shiny
• Malleable
• Hard
• Good conductors of electricity

D-TRANSITION METALS

• Ductile
• Malleable
• Goodconductors of electricity and heat
• Valence electrons are in more ths 1shell

F-INNER TRANSITION METALS

• Very strong
• Actinides are radioactive
• Lanthanides light up when struck with electrons