[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]The Chemistry of Art > 3. Electrons in the Atom > The Outermost Electrons of Elements >[/cs_text][cs_text style=”color: #800000;font-family: “Oxygen”,sans-serif;”]Explain the relationship between the elements with outermost electrons assigned to s, p, d and f blocks and the organisation of the Periodic Table[/cs_text][cs_text]In the periodic table:
- Similar outer shell electron configurations reoccur at regular intervals
- Electrons in similar configurations display similar chemical properties
- Elements with similar outer shell electron configurations occur in the same vertical group
- g Group 1 has s1 as outermost shell
- g Group 13 has s2p1 outer shell configurations
- As a result the periodic table is divided into four distinct blocks
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- To determine filling order
- Going from top left then across successive rows
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