Analysis and Description of Some Elements of the Periodic Table

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The periodic table tells you many things about an element. Essentially it is used as a section divider to elements, each put under a specific row and column to its properties. This includes its mass, number of protons, neutrons and electrons, period, group, valence electrons...

Chlorine is a diatomic molecule of Cl2. There are also 24 isotopes of chlorine, 2 of which are stable isotopes. Chlorine 35 and 37 are both stable isotopes of chlorine. The appearance of chlorine is a highly toxic green/yellow gas a room temperature with a pungent odour.

This shows an electronic structure of 2,8,7. chlorine has 3 shells (period 3) and 7 valence electrons (group 7). Group 7 are known as halogens. Since chlorine has 7 outer electrons and is a non metal, it can form ionic and single covalent bonds. Ionic bonds can be formed as the metal looses an electron and chlorine gains it completing its outer shell. Covalent bonds are formed by sharing the seventh electron, for example hydrogen plus chlorine equals hydrogen chloride or hydrochloric acid (aqueous). This is where the outer shell of both hydrogen and chlorine is completed by sharing one outer electron.

Chlorine symbolised as Cl, is found in group 7, period 3 on the periodic table. It is gas at room temperature with a melting point of-101.5 degrees Celsius and a boiling point of -34.04 degrees Celsius It has an atomic number of 17 and a relative mass of 35.5 depending on the isotope. It also has a density of 3.21 x 10-3g.cm-3 at 20oC. This information allows us to calculate the number of neutrons and electrons and therefore its electronic configuration:

Chlorine symbolised as Cl, is found in group 7, period 3 on the periodic table. It is gas at room temperature with a melting point o...

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...ittle. Therefore, titanium takes many processes and stages before it comes to pure titanium. This makes titanium very expensive and therefore limits its uses. Titanium oxide is also used as a pigment in making white paint. Another compound is titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4) which is used to make smoke screens.

Titanium is used frequently in a lot of engineering and crafting industries. It is most commonly used in aerospace engineering when crafting planes and aircraft. The main uses of the metal is for frames and sometimes engines. The reason they are used for this is due to their light density, which is 60% the density of iron. It is also used as bone replacements like hips, due to their light weight and reliability in not corroding. Finally, due to the fact that titanium does not corrode easily it is also used in piping for nuclear, chemical and oil industries.

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