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In chemistry, a group (also known as a family) is a vertical column in the Periodic Table of the chemical elements. There are 18 groups in the standard periodic table.

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Q: What are families on the priodic table?
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Where are nonmetals located on the priodic table?

group 18


What are the first ten elements on the priodic table?

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What does fermium classifiy?

Fermium is a member of the actinoids family, period 7 in the priodic table of the elements.


Hydrogen and Helium make up first of these?

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What element has a r for a second letter and a m as the last letter?

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Where are families located on the periodic table?

Families (or groups) are the vertical columns of the periodic table. Period is horizontal rows.


There are seven families included in the periodic table?

Not families, Periods (Apex)


Are families and groups the same in meaning in the periodic table of elements?

yes, families and groups the same meaning in the periodic table.


Are rows in the periodic table referred to as families?

No. Rows are not referred as families. Groups are termed as families.


Horizonal rows are called?

Just rows? Vertical ones are columns. In HTML they are <tr> 's, if that's what you mean. Seeing you tagged it as chemistry, you may mean in the priodic table? Those are called periods.


How does the periodic table of elements groug elements into families?

The vertical columns are groups or families. There are 18 such families.


Are rows of the periodic table referred to as families?

Yes, rows on the periodic table are referred to as periods. Families on the periodic table refer to columns with elements that share similar characteristics.