General Chemistry · Module 4 · Periodic trends

Periodic Trends Lab

Click any element and see its atom drawn to scale, rank atoms and ions before watching the answer, place mystery elements from clues, and see periodic trends at work in the body. Nothing here is graded.

Part 1: Trend Explorer

Valence electron Core electron Property vs atomic number Selected element / big jump

Atoms are drawn to scale with each other (radius in pm); shells are a simplified Bohr-style picture. The lanthanides (57 to 71 except La) and period 7 are left off to keep the table readable.