PERIODIC TABLE
Elements are on display
In the Periodic Table
From active metals on the left
...To rare noble gases so stable...
Metals swiftly conduct heat
And elec-tri-city
They surely show a tendency
...Towards greater density...
One, Two
Three, Four, Five .....
Things from the table
Keep me alive
Positive ions can be formed
To give Sodium, Iron or zinc a charge
Such metals unite with non-metals
...Ionic compounds in numbers large...
Metals are low in I.E.*
And electro-nega-tivity
Glittering masses endlessly
...Losing electrons naturally...
Transition metals, the denser ones
Chromium, Copper and Platinum
Colored compounds they will produce
...Less active than Group Two or One...
Carbon, Sulfur and Chlorine
The non-metals sit on the right
Their properties are opposite
...To those on the left that are bright...
To create compounds from non-metals
Electrons involved are paired
COVALENT is the given name
...To the bond where electrons are shared...
Silicon, Arsenic, Germanium
Examples are these three
Of semi-metals near the line
In modern industry
*IE = Ionization Energy
Elements are on display
In the Periodic Table
From active metals on the left
...To rare noble gases so stable...
Metals swiftly conduct heat
And elec-tri-city
They surely show a tendency
...Towards greater density...
One, Two
Three, Four, Five .....
Things from the table
Keep me alive
Positive ions can be formed
To give Sodium, Iron or zinc a charge
Such metals unite with non-metals
...Ionic compounds in numbers large...
Metals are low in I.E.*
And electro-nega-tivity
Glittering masses endlessly
...Losing electrons naturally...
Transition metals, the denser ones
Chromium, Copper and Platinum
Colored compounds they will produce
...Less active than Group Two or One...
Carbon, Sulfur and Chlorine
The non-metals sit on the right
Their properties are opposite
...To those on the left that are bright...
To create compounds from non-metals
Electrons involved are paired
COVALENT is the given name
...To the bond where electrons are shared...
Silicon, Arsenic, Germanium
Examples are these three
Of semi-metals near the line
In modern industry
*IE = Ionization Energy
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|