3.1 The periodic table
- Syllabus
- First assessment 2025
- Topic
- 3.1
- Level
- SL
• Periods, groups, blocks
• Metals, metalloids, non-metals
• Recognize s, p, d, and f blocks
• Period number = outer energy level
• Group = number of valence electrons
• Electron configuration ↔ position (up to Z=36)
• Deduce element position from electron configuration and vice versa
• Trends: atomic radius, ionic radius, IE, electron affinity, electronegativity
• Explain trends across periods and down groups
• Group 1: increasing metallic character
• Group 17: decreasing non-metallic character
• Reactions: Group 1 metals with water, Group 17 with halide ions
• Describe and explain displacement reactions using periodic trends
• Oxides: basic (metal) → amphoteric → acidic (non-metal)
• Oxide reactions with water
• Deduce equations for oxides of group 1, group 2, carbon, and sulfur with water
• Number of electrons transferred in bonding
• Charge if compound were ionic
• Deduce oxidation states in compounds and ions