Assignment: BoilingandMeltingPoints Exploration
AnalysisandConclusions
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Looking attheline plotsonyourgraph,describehowboiling pointand meltingpointvary with respect to atomicnumber.
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Nowlook atthesegment ofthegraphbetweenthetwodatapointsmarked withblacksquares. Describe how theboiling pointand meltingpointplotsbehave betweenthesepoints.Beas specificas possible.
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On yourgraph,thedatapointsbetweentheblack squares are dataforelementswith atomic numbers 3 through9. Locatetheseelementson your periodictable.Whattermordescription wouldyouuse toidentifytheseelementswithrespect totheperiodictable?
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Nowlook atthegreenlines you createdbyconnectingthethreeboilingpointdatapointsand thethreemeltingpointdatapoints.Foreach oftheselines,describe anytrendsyou see.
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Locatetheelementsonyourperiodic tablethatyou circledin green on your graph.Whatterm ordescription wouldyouuse toidentifytheseelementswithrespect totheperiodictable?
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Afterreviewing your answersto questions2 and 4 above, wouldyoudefine boiling pointand meltingpointas a periodictablefamilytrend(verticalgroups),period trend (horizontalrows),or neither?Explainyouranswer.
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Using theroomtemperatureline (orangeline) and your periodictable,make liststhatidentifythestate ofmatter(gas,liquid,orsolid) in whicheachelementyouplottedexists atroomtemperature.Explainyour answers.