In this chapter, the periodic table provides a framework for describing features of metals and nonmetals. Information is given about the sources, properties, and uses of some representative elements from the various blocks of the periodic table. The groups within each block are further characterized using examples of applications in daily life.

In this chapter, you will learn: to list sources, properties, and uses for alkali metals to describe the preparation and properties of the alkaline-earth metals to describe properties and uses of p-block metals and nonmetals to list the properties of specific transition metals to show how hydrogen is unique among the elements to explain why the noble gases, Group O, are important