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All 4th-period elements are stable, [1] and many are extremely common in the Earth's crust and/or core; it is the last period with no unstable elements. Many transition metals in the period are very strong, and therefore common in industry, especially iron. [2] Some are toxic, with all known vanadium compounds toxic, [3] arsenic one of the most ...
For example, Ti (Z = 22) is in period 4 so that n = 4, the first 18 electrons have the same configuration of Ar at the end of period 3, and the overall configuration is [Ar]3d 2 4s 2. The period 6 and 7 transition metals also add core (n − 2)f 14 electrons, which are omitted from the tables below.
Period 4 includes the biologically essential elements potassium and calcium, and is the first period in the d-block with the lighter transition metals. These include iron , the heaviest element forged in main-sequence stars and a principal component of the Earth, as well as other important metals such as cobalt , nickel , and copper .
Group 4 is the second group of transition metals ... The expected expansion of atomic radii from period 5 to 6 is ... The group 4 elements are hard refractory metals ...
Elements in the same group tend to show similar chemical characteristics. Vertical, horizontal and diagonal trends characterize the periodic table. Metallic character increases going down a group and from right to left across a period. Nonmetallic character increases going from the bottom left of the periodic table to the top right.
Aluminium is an undisputed p-block element by group membership and its [Ne] 3s 2 3p 1 electron configuration, but aluminium does not literally come after transition metals unlike p-block metals from period 4 and on. The epithet "post-transition" in reference to aluminium is a misnomer, and aluminium normally has no d electrons unlike all other ...
A mnemonic is a memory aid used to improve long-term memory and make the process of consolidation easier. Many chemistry aspects, rules, names of compounds, sequences of elements, their reactivity, etc., can be easily and efficiently memorized with the help of mnemonics.
Atomic radius of elements of the groups 2, 13 and 14, showing the "d-block contraction", especially for Ga and Ge. The d-block contraction (sometimes called scandide contraction [1]) is a term used in chemistry to describe the effect of having full d orbitals on the period 4 elements.