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                 A. Biologically important elements

                                                          Group
                                1        2      13       14      15      16      17      18

                              1.01                                                     4.00
                          1   H    1    Alkaline  Boron         Nitrogen     Halogens  He    2    1s
                                                                group
                                        earths
                                                 group
                               1   63                                                   2
                              6.94 He  9.01 He  10.81 He  12.01 He 14.01 He 16.00 He 19.00 He 20.18 He
                              ?       Be      ?     1 C     2 N     3 O     4 F     5 Ne 6        2p
                              Li
                                               B
                          2        1        2       2       2       2       2       2        2    2s
                               3        4       5       6  9.5  7  1.4  8  25.5  9      10
                             22.99 Ne 24.31 Ne 26.98 Ne 28.09 Ne 30.97 Ne 32.07 Ne 35.45 Ne 39.95 Ne
                       Period  3  Na  1  Mg  2  Al  2       2       2       2       2        2    3s
                                               ?
                                                                                    5 Ar
                                                            2 P
                                                    1 Si
                                                                    3 S
                                                                            4 Cl
                                                                                             6
                                                                                                  3p
                                                                   0.22 16
                                                               15
                               11
                                                                                17
                                           0.01 13
                                       12
                                                       14
                                                                                        18
                                   0.03
                                                                                    0.03
                                                                           0.05
                             39.10 Ar 40.08 Ar 69.72 Ar 72.61 Ar 74.92 Ar 78.96 Ar 79.90 Ar 83.80 Ar
                          4        1        2      10      10      10       10      10      10    3d
                                                                               ?
                                                               ?
                               K      Ca      Ga    2 Ge    2 As    2 Se    2  Br   2 Kr     2    4s
                               19  0.06 20  0.31  31  1  32  2  33  3   34  4   35  5   36   6    4p
                                                                               126.9 Kr
                          5   Alkali                    Carbon       Oxygen         10  Noble     4d
                              metals                    group        group      I   2   gases     5s
                                                                                53  5             5p
                                                          Group
                        3       4       5        6       7       8       9       10      11      12
                     44.96 Ar 47.88 Ar 50.94 Ar 52.00 Ar 54.94 Ar 55.85 Ar 58.93 Ar 58.69 Ar 63.55 Ar 65.39 Ar
                  4   Sc   1  Ti   2   V   3  Cr   4  Mn    5  Fe   6  Co   7  Ni   8  Cu   9  Zn   10  3d
                                                            2
                                                                    2
                                                                                    2
                                                                                                         4s
                                                                                            2
                                                                                                     2
                                                                            2
                           2
                                                   2
                                           2
                                   2
                      21       22      23      24      25      26       27      28      29      30
                                              95.94 Kr
                  5                                4                                                    4d
                                              Mo 2                                                       5s
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                                                                       Macro element            Trace
                                                                                                element
                  Relative atomic  30.97 Ne  Electron         Essential for...
                  mass                       configuration    all/most                          Metal
                                   P    3    Percent (%) of                                     Semi-metal
                  Chemical symbol       2                     organisms
                  Atomic number    15  0.22  human body       for some                          Non-metal
                                                              possibly       ?                  Noble gas
                 B. Electron configurations: examples
                      s    p                 s    p                       s    p           d
                 3                                                                                       3
                         Helium                          Neon                         Argon
                 2                                                                                       2
                         (He, Noble gas)                 (Ne, Noble gas)              (Ar, Noble gas)
                 1       1s 2                            1s  2s  2p 6                 1s  2s  2p  3s  3p 6  1
                                                              2
                                                           2
                                                                                                  2
                                                                                        2
                                                                                           2
                                                                                               6
                 4       1. Carbon (C)                                                                   4
                               2
                         [He] 2s  2p 2
                 3                                                                                       3
                                                                             [Ar]
                 2                              [Ne]                                                     2
                                                         2. Chlorine (Cl)             3. Iron (Fe)
                 1   [He]                                      2  5                         2  6         1
                                                         [Ne] 3s  3p                  [Ar] 4s  3d
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