Experiment # 5

“Construction of an Alien
Periodic Table”

Aya Sabry Safan

CHEM 117-501

20 October 2010

Lab partner: Varun Chauhan

Lab instructor: Layne Sarvela

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Results

Periodic tables are an easy way to classify, systematize, and compare chemical behaviors of
the elements. The elements within the periodic table are arranged according to the periodic
trends in a series of elements. The elements in the Alien periodic table were arranged in periods
based on the atomic mass number. Down the group the elements have common properties.

First, Aggiegen (Ag) was taken as a reference element and assume that it has a valence of one
electron, as it can be varied according to the compounds it form (it resembles Hydrogen based on
Earth’s chemistry). Since it has the smallest atomic mass, it is placed at the upper left corner of
the table. As Hartite (Ha), Humpite (Hu), Balloonlite (Ba), and Website (Ww) are very
unreactive elements and they don’t form any compounds. They were placed at the right side of
the table (they resemble Nobel gases based on Earth’s chemistry). The rest of the elements were
arranged in increasing order of their atomic masses between Ag and group XII.

Throughout the periodic table, the elements are sequenced as metals, semi-metals and non-
metals. The metal elements were grouped basically into three groups (I, II, and III) according to
the Aggides and Whoopides compounds of the active metals. However, there are transition
elements that occupy the A block. Groups I, II, and III are arranged according to the reactivity
which increase from top to bottom. The A block elements are mainly metals that exhibit variable
valences. Some of them are unreactive metals such as Sulrossium (Sr), Zacharite (Za), Rudderan
(Ru), and Sawemoffium (Sh) and are used in making alien coinage and jewelry. These transition
elements are arranged based on their variable valences. The valencies are the same down the
group, and increase across the period; it increases from +3 to +8. Sawemoffium (Sh) is an
exceptional case; it has no variable valences as it is an unreactive metal. It is placed at the bottom
of group 5A according the atomic mass trend. The variable valences of the A block elements are
shown in table 1.
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Table1: Metals variable valences

Metal Variable valences

Name Symbol +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8

Arunskinium Ar  
Blockeran Bl   
Rudderan Ru  
Justinium Js  
Maroonium Mr  
Larribdium La  
Nyquilium Nq  
Waltonium WI  
Gigium Gg   
Engineerium En   
Sulrossium Sr   
Zacharite Za  
Texan Tx  
Yennellon Ye  

The last three non-metal groups have common properties down the group. They have the
same valences which can be deduced from the Aggiegenide acids formulas (Ag2X, AgX, and
Ag3X). This conflicts with the atomic mass trend across period four, and can be considered as an
exception so the properties can be revealed smoothly. Hence, the positions of Fa and Ka were
switched. As Aggiegen (Ag) has a valence of one, group IX, X and XI valences will decrease as
we move to the right from -3 to -1. The semi-metals are located between the metals and the non-
metals as they show the properties of both.
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According to this arrangement, the periodic trends can be seen as the following and as they
are shown in figure1. Since the atomic mass depends on the atomic number, the atomic number
will increase down the group and across the period, with a few exceptions. Therefore, the atomic
radii increases down the group as electrons are added in a new energy level and the radii
decreases across the period as electrons are added to the same energy level, hence increasing the
nuclear attraction. Moreover, the ionization energy, electron affinity, and the electronegativity
depend on the atomic radii and nuclear charge. Ionization energy which is the lowest energy
needed to remove the valence electron (loosely bonded electron) from an atom in its gaseous
state decrease down the group and increase across the period. Electron affinity, the energy
absorbed when electrons are added to an atom in its gaseous state, is more negative across the
period and from bottom to top. Electronegativity, the tendency of an atom to attract electron
towards itself when it is chemically bonded, differs with the bond formed between the atoms. It
is less when the atoms form ionic bond, and it is more when the atoms are covalently bonded.
Generally, the greater the nuclear charge effect, the greater the electronegativity. It increases
diagonally from bottom left to top right.

Atomic radii increases

Electronegativity increases

Atomic number and mass increases

Number of oxidation states increases

Ionization energy and electron affinity increases

Figure 1: Periodic Trends

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Alien Periodic Table

1A 2A 3A 4A 5A

Nq Gg Ye BI Mr
(63) (66) (68) (71) (74)
La En Tx Ar Js
(76) (78) (82) (80) (85)
WI Sr Za Ru Sw
(87) (89) (92) (95) (97)

I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII

Ag *W Ba
1
(2) (3) (4)
Pt JI Tw Co Cr HI Q Tr G S *B Ha
2
(8) (10) (12) (14) (16) (18) (20) (22) (23) (25) (27) (28)
Fs Ln Rv Hw Kk Kv Fr Fe K Bb *Br Ww
3
(30) (32) (36) (36) (38) (39) (42) (44) (46) (49) (51) (54)
Ap Le Sh Sb Mk Do Mo As Fa Ka GI Hu
4 63-97
(57) (60) (61) (100) (104) (107) (109) (111) (114) (113) (117) (120)

Metals Non-metals Semi-metals

Variable *Exists also as
Unreactive
valance crystalline
non-metals
Metals solid form