Quizbowl Element Groups I

Violent reactions

Alkali Metals

Produce electrides

Alkali Metals

Buckminsterfullerene

Allotropes of Carbon

Single vs. multi-walled

Allotropes of Carbon

HPHT

Allotropes of Carbon

Penning mixture

Noble Gases

Excimer lasers

Noble Gases

Lennard-Jones potential

Noble Gases

Oganesson

Noble Gases

Hexafluoroplatinate

Noble Gases

308-nanometer laser

Noble Gases

Neil Bartlett worked w/

Noble Gases

Mainly interacts via London dispersion forces

Noble Gases

Highest ionization energies

Noble Gases

Placed in brackets in electron configuration

Noble Gases

Rollin film

Noble Gases

Fountain effect

Noble Gases

Clathrate “cages”

Noble Gases

Helps cut nitrogen levels in scuba diving mask

Noble Gases

Incredibly potent anaesthetic

Noble Gases

In conjunction w/ potassium-40

Noble Gases

Lowest melting/boiling point

Noble Gases

Lucas cell

Noble Gases

Dilution refrigerator

Noble Gases

First endohedral fullerenes

Noble Gases

Acentric factor of 0

Noble Gases

Defines lambda point

Noble Gases

Watras incident

Noble Gases

Smallest atomic radii

Noble Gases

___ tetrafluoride

Noble Gases

Fermions forming Cooper pairs explain properties of ___

Noble Gases

William Ramsay worked w/ ___

Noble Gases

Geiger counters

Noble Gases

Allende/Murchison meteorites

Noble Gases

Electronic energies measured by differential of quanta, or Dq

Transition Metals

Contains first exception to Aufbau principle

Transition Metals

Used to form carbon-carbon bonds in coupling reactions

Transition Metals

Crystal field theory

Transition Metals

Deplete ozone layer as free radicals

Halogens

Includes three states of matter at STP

Halogens

Grignard reagents (w/ magnesium)

Halogens

Most diatomic elements

Halogens

Rarest natural earth element, astatine

Halogens

“Salt-forming”

Halogens

Tennessine

Halogens

Highest electronegativity

Halogens

Forms dark blue CT complex w/ starch

Halogens

Anode of Castner-Kellner process

Halogens

Lugol’s solution

Halogens

One bonds w/ uranium in “hex”

Halogens

Finkelstein reaction

Halogens

Group associated w/ free radicals

Halogens

Create namesake lamps

Halogens

One bonds w/ xenon

Halogens

In catalyst of Friedel-Crafts reaction

Halogens

Symbolized “x” in reaction mechanisms

Halogens

Created first noble gas compound

Halogens

Element w/ two equal peak heights in mass spec

Halogens

Intercalating agent ethidium salt in gel electrophoresis

Halogens

Teflon

Halogens

Deacon process

Halogens

Hunsdiecker reaction

Halogens

“Inter-” type

Halogens

Auwers synthesis

Halogens

Act as electrophiles in namesake bonding

Halogens

Lassaigne fuse test

Halogens

Names cycles in lightbulbs

Halogens

SN2 reactions

Halogens

Heaviest one bombarded w/ bismuth and helium

Halogens

Przybylski’s Star

Actinides

Discovered after Ivy Mike hydrogen bomb test

Actinides

First synthesized by bombarding each other

Actinides