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Periodic Lab
An interactive periodic table. Re-color by property, melt the table with a thermometer, and click anything you're curious about.
Color the table by element family.
Alkali metalAlkaline earth metalTransition metalPost-transition metalMetalloidReactive nonmetalHalogenNoble gasLanthanideActinideUnknown / predicted
57–71
89–103
6
C
Carbon
12.011 u
Reactive nonmetalBlock PGroup 14Period 2solid
The backbone of every known form of life, from diamonds to you.
Melting
3823 K
3550 °C
Boiling
4098 K
3825 °C
Electronegativity
2.55
Pauling
Atomic radius
67 pm
Ionization
1086 kJ/mol
first
Discovered
ancient
Electron configuration
[He] 2s² 2p²
🐕 Buddy says
Why categories?
Elements in the same family behave alike because they have the same number of electrons in their outermost shell. Sodium is soft, shiny, and explodes in water — so does every alkali metal below it.
Carbon: The backbone of every known form of life, from diamonds to you.
Data: CRC / PubChem · educational approximations, not lab-grade