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Question

yeah, im like extremely bad at scienceee. can someone please help???

1. When an element has 115 protons in its nucleus is synthesized, will it be a metal, a nonmetal, or a metalloid? Explainn.

2. Your classmate offers to give you a piece of sodium that he found on a hiking trip. What is your response? Explain.

3. Identify each element described below.

a. this metal is very reactive, has properties similar to those of magnesium, and is the same period as bromine.

b. this nonmetal is in the same group as lead.



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Answer 1

1)will be a metalloid, follow the numbers, family VA, peroid 7
2)Not accept, sodium it's really reactive, can explode with air contact
3a) Ca, under Magnesium, Bromine period
3b) At, es the only one non metal in that period

Answer 2

It looks like you need to learn the Periodic Table.
Go to this site, it will help you with your assignment:
http://www.chemicalelements.com/
Other sites with information are:
http://www.infoplease.com/periodictable.php
http://chemistry.about.com/library/blperiodictable.htm
In this site you can download the periodic table
http://periodic.lanl.gov/downloads/main.html

BTW .... the answer to sodium is here
http://chemistry.about.com/od/elementfacts/a/sodium.htm