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Pre-Lab
1. Which property uniquely identifies a chemical element? (hint: the element’s “social security number”) ______________________
2. Describe the general characteristics of metals, nonmetals, and metalloids. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Read over the entire lab activity. Develop a hypothesis about which properties are most useful for identifying in which group an element belongs. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Develop a hypothesis about which properties are the most useful for determining the order of elements within a group. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ …show more content…
Develop a hypothesis about which properties are the most useful for identifying the period to which an element belongs.