The Periodic Table
Understanding the Periodic table is very simple - you need to know 2 things
Because
all atom numbers reflect the number of
protons (i.e. Carbon - 6, 6
protons, Krypton - 36, 36 protons, etc.)
What the number of the atom is?
What that atomic mass is?
Hydrogen's (1) atomic mass is 1.008, but Helium's (2) is 4.00
*3.96x as much mass with only 2x as much 'stuff'
Oxygen's (8) mass is 15.99
*15.86x as much mass with
only 8x as much 'stuff'.
Hydrogen | Helium | Carbon | Oxygen | Gold | Uranium |
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Understanding the boiling and melting point will give a z-axis/3-dimensional understanding making all this more mentally accessible.
Two new elements added to periodic table http://ca.news.yahoo.com/two-elements-added-periodic-table-203634768.html