State the main aim of classifying elements. Which is the more fundamen

1.	State the main aim of classifying elements. Which is the more fundamental property of elements that is used in the development of Modern Periodic Table ? Name and state the law based on this fundamental property. On which side of the periodic table one can find metals, non-metals and metalloids ?
Answer» (i) Aim of classification: Systematic Study of the known elements. (ii) Basic property: Atomic number. (iii) Properties of the elements are a periodic function of their atomic numbers. (iv) Metals on the left. (v) Non-metals on the right. (vi) Metalloids at the border of metals and beginning of non-metals.

State the main aim of classifying elements. Which is the more fundamental property of elements that is used in the development of Modern Periodic Table ? Name and state the law based on this fundamental property. On which side of the periodic table one can find metals, non-metals and metalloids ?

Answer»

(i) Aim of classification: Systematic Study of the known elements.

(ii) Basic property: Atomic number.

(iii) Properties of the elements are a periodic function of their atomic numbers.

(iv) Metals on the left.

(v) Non-metals on the right.

(vi) Metalloids at the border of metals and beginning of non-metals.