Family, or group, is a vertical arrangement of elements that share similar properties because they all have same number of electrons in their occupying orbitals except for many transoganesson elements due to relativistic effects. Families are directly named after their lightest or topmost element, e.g. copper family after copper and oxygen family after oxygen. The 172-element periodic table has 52 groups and hence 52 families all in different colors.
Hydrogen family | Helium family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1s | 1 H Hydrogen |
2 He Helium |
Boron family | Carbon family | Nitrogen family | Oxygen family | Fluorine family | Neon family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2s | 3 Li Lithium |
4 Be Beryllium |
2p | 5 B Boron |
6 C Carbon |
7 N Nitrogen |
8 O Oxygen |
9 F Fluorine |
10 Ne Neon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3s | 11 Na Sodium |
12 Mg Magnesium |
Scandium family | Titanium family | Vanadium family | Chromium family | Manganese family | Iron family | Cobalt family | Nickel family | Copper family | Zinc family | 3p | 13 Al Aluminum |
14 Si Silicon |
15 P Phosphorus |
16 S Sulfur |
17 Cl Chlorine |
18 Ar Argon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4s | 19 K Potassium |
20 Ca Calcium |
3d | 21 Sc Scandium |
22 Ti Titanium |
23 V Vanadium |
24 Cr Chromium |
25 Mn Manganese |
26 Fe Iron |
27 Co Cobalt |
28 Ni Nickel |
29 Cu Copper |
30 Zn Zinc |
4p | 31 Ga Gallium |
32 Ge Germanium |
33 As Arsenic |
34 Se Selenium |
35 Br Bromine |
36 Kr Krypton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5s | 37 Rb Rubidium |
38 Sr Strontium |
Lanthanum family | Cerium family | Praseodymium family | Neodymium family | Promethium family | Samarium family | Europium family | Gadolinium family | Terbium family | Dysprosium family | Holmium family | Erbium family | Thulium family | Ytterbium family | 4d | 39 Y Yttrium |
40 Zr Zirconium |
41 Nb Niobium |
42 Mo Molybdenum |
43 Tc Technetium |
44 Ru Ruthenium |
45 Rh Rhodium |
46 Pd Palladium |
47 Ag Silver |
48 Cd Cadmium |
5p | 49 In Indium |
50 Sn Tin |
51 Sb Antimony |
52 Te Tellurium |
53 I Iodine |
54 Xe Xenon | |||||||||||||||||||||
6s | 55 Cs Cesium |
56 Ba Barium |
4f | 57 La Lanthanum |
58 Ce Cerium |
59 Pr Praseodymium |
60 Nd Neodymium |
61 Pm Promethium |
62 Sm Samarium |
63 Eu Europium |
64 Gd Gadolinium |
65 Tb Terbium |
66 Dy Dysprosium |
67 Ho Holmium |
68 Er Erbium |
69 Tm Thulium |
70 Yb Ytterbium |
5d | 71 Lu Lutetium |
72 Hf Hafnium |
73 Ta Tantalum |
74 W Tungsten |
75 Re Rhenium |
76 Os Osmium |
77 Ir Iridium |
78 Pt Platinum |
79 Au Gold |
80 Hg Mercury |
6p | 81 Tl Thallium |
82 Pb Lead |
83 Bi Bismuth |
84 Po Polonium |
85 At Astatine |
86 Rn Radon | ||||||||||||||||||||
7s | 87 Fr Francium |
88 Ra Radium |
5f | 89 Ac Actinium |
90 Th Thorium |
91 Pa Protactinium |
92 U Uranium |
93 Np Neptunium |
94 Pu Plutonium |
95 Am Americium |
96 Cm Curium |
97 Bk Berkelium |
98 Cf Californium |
99 Es Einsteinium |
100 Fm Fermium |
101 Md Mendelevium |
102 No Nobelium |
6d | 103 Lr Lawrencium |
104 Rf Rutherfordium |
105 Db Dubnium |
106 Sg Seaborgium |
107 Bh Bohrium |
108 Hs Hassium |
109 Mt Meitnerium |
110 Ds Darmstadtium |
111 Rg Roentgenium |
112 Cn Copernicium |
7p | 113 Nh Nihonium |
114 Fl Flerovium |
115 Mc Moscovium |
116 Lv Livermorium |
117 Tn Tennessine |
118 Og Oganesson | ||||||||||||||||||||
8s | 119 Nw Newtonium |
120 G Galileum |
* | 6f | 143 Du Dumasium |
144 Sh Scheelium |
145 Hb Heisenbergium |
146 Da Davyum |
147 Bo Boltzmannium |
148 Fa Faradium |
149 Av Avogadrium |
150 So Schrodium |
151 Hr Hertzium |
152 Wt Wittenium |
153 Dr Diracium |
154 Le Lewisium |
155 Vh Vanthoffium |
156 Hk Hawkinium |
7d | 157 Ke Kelvinum |
158 Ap Amperium |
159 Vw Vanderwaalsium |
160 Hu Hundium |
161 Fh Fraunhoferium |
162 Ma Madelungium |
163 Kp Keplerium |
164 Gb Gibbsium |
165 Bc Becquerelium |
166 Hi Higgsium |
8p | 167 Kf Kirchoffium |
168 Bn Bornium |
169 J Joulium |
170 Hm Helmholtzium |
171 Bs Bunsenine |
172 Rs Ramson | |||||||||||||||||||
Lavoisium family | Democritium family | Moselium family | Teslium family | Daltonium family | Maxwellium family | Planckium family | Boylium family | Berzelium family | Franklinium family | Darwinium family | Thomsonium family | Paulium family | Arrhenium family | Meyerium family | Cavendishium family | Feynmanium family | Chadwickium family | Astonium family | Edisonium family | Abeggium family | Butlerovium family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* | 5g | 121 Ls Lavoisium |
122 Dm Democritium |
123 Ms Moselium |
124 Ts Teslium |
125 Dt Daltonium |
126 Mw Maxwellium |
127 Pk Planckium |
128 By Boylium |
129 Bz Berzelium |
130 Fn Franklinium |
131 Dw Darwinium |
132 To Thomsonium |
133 Pl Paulium |
134 Ah Arrhenium |
135 My Meyerium |
136 Cv Cavendishium |
137 Fy Feynmanium |
138 Ch Chadwickium |
139 A Astonium |
140 Ed Edisonium |
141 Ab Abeggium |
142 Bu Butlerovium |
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