The atomic symbol for gold is "Au" because the word for ... Elements that occupy the same column on the periodic table (called a "group") have identical valence electron configurations and ...

This group of 49 elements includes some familiar ... that makes it the stand-out contender for currency in the periodic table. Gold is... golden. All the other metals in the periodic table are ...

Copper has been used by humans for as much as 7000 years and elements such as gold ... in group 0 are unreactive non-metals. The zigzag, staircase, line in the diagram of the periodic table ...

The same thing explains why gold is gold ... His conclusion is that lanthanum belongs in group 3 – that is, out of sequence. Redesigning the periodic table might seem a quixotic quest, but ...

Sorry, chemistry teachers—your periodic table posters are now obsolete. Groups of scientists in the United States, Russia and Japan had more to celebrate last week ...