Classification of Elements in the Periodic Table

• There are elements in the periodic table whose modern names do not coincide with their symbol. These symbols were taken from the original old Latin names of these elements.
• stibium


  antimony
• cuprum


  copper
• aurum


  gold
• ferrum


  iron
• plumbum


  lead
• hydrargyrum


  mercury
• kalium


  potassium
• argentum


  silver
• natrium


  sodium
• stannum


  tin
• argos


  argon
• bromos


  bromine
• helium

  helios
• khroma


  chromium
• dmitri ivanovich mendelev


  mendelvium
• platina


  platinum
• tekhnetos


  technitium
• nihon


  nihomium
• metalloids


  intermediate properties of metals and nonmetals
• metals


  shiny solids
• metals have moderate to high melting points and are very good conductors of heat and electricity.
• mercury


  only metal that is liquid in room temperature
• nonmetals


  tend to gain the lost electrons from the metals to form anions