Patterns in the periodic table
What Patterns in the periodic table means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
The charge on the ions produced by metals in Groups 1 and 2 and by non-metals in Groups 6 and 7 relates to the group number of the element.
The property patterns that showed atomic weight alone was not fully reliable when mass order and chemical behaviour disagreed.
Topics that use Patterns in the periodic table
- Development of the periodic table (AQA GCSE)
- Ionic bonding (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Atomic number
- atomic weight
- Charge and notation
- Charges
- Development of the periodic table
- Electron loss and gain to achieve full outer shells
- Electron transfer
- Electron transfer and ion formation
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