Group number | Group name | Location in periodic table | ||||
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IUPAC (modern) |
Mendeleev (I–VIII) |
CAS (US, A-B-A) |
old IUPAC (Europe, A-B) |
Trivial | By element | |
1 | I | IA | IA | Alkali metals |
Lithium group |
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2 | II | IIA | IIA | Alkaline earth metals |
Beryllium group |
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3a | III | IIIB | IIIA | Scandium group |
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4 | IV | IVB | IVA | Titanium group |
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5 | V | VB | VA | Vanadium group |
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6 | VI | VIB | VIA | Chromium group |
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7 | VII | VIIB | VIIA | Manganese group |
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8 | VIII | VIIIB | VIII | Iron group |
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9 | VIII | VIIIB | VIII | Cobalt group |
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10 | VIII | VIIIB | VIII | Nickel group |
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11 | I | IB | IB | Coinage metalsc |
Copper group |
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12 | II | IIB | IIB | Volatile metalsc |
Zinc group |
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13 | III | IIIA | IIIB | Icosagensc | Boron group |
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14 | IV | IVA | IVB | Crystallogensc | Carbon group |
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15 | V | VA | VB | Pnictogens | Nitrogen group |
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16 | VI | VIA | VIB | Chalcogens | Oxygen group |
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17 | VII | VIIA | VIIB | Halogens | Fluorine group |
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18 | b | VIIIA | 0 | Noble gases | Helium or Neon group |