Compound Interest
The latest of the element infographics looks at the Group 5 elements. They are referred to more commonly as the Nitrogen Group rather than the Pnictogens, although this more archaic name seems to find more use than the archaic names of Groups 3 & 4. There is, once again, an interesting fact that I couldn’t […]
The colours in fireworks stem from a wide variety of metal compounds – particularly metal salts. ‘Salt’ as a word conjures up images of the normal table salt you probably use every day; whilst this is one type of salt (sodium chloride), in chemistry ‘salt’ refers to any compound that contains metal and non-metal atoms ionically […]
This latest infographic focuses on the Group 4 (Group 14 in IUPAC nomenclature) elements. Again, the name ‘crystallogens’ is technically not recognised by IUPAC – nor is ‘tetragens’, the other archaic name – but ‘the carbon group’ just doesn’t have the same ring to it. One extra fact to add for the curious: although tin […]
The latest in the series of infographics on groups in the periodic table, this one looks at some general information on Group 3. I’m aware that, technically (according to IUPAC) it should be referred to as Group 13; however, since these infographics are intended to be used in a secondary school classroom, and the majority […]
Chances are you’ll be making use of christmas crackers over the holiday period. Chances also are that you’ve never really given a lot of thought to the chemical compounds contained therein, or the chemical reaction that makes christmas crackers go bang. Well, allow me to elaborate. Christmas crackers owe their crack to a compound called […]
The second of a series of infographics on the groups of the periodic table, here some general properties of the group 2 elements are examined. As stated previously, these are primarily aimed at secondary school students, hence the relative simplicity and generality of the information presented. If you want to download this infographic for your […]