Question

Name the characteristics of group four elements.

Answer 1

Groups in Periodic Table:

• A group (also known as a family) in chemistry is a column of chemical elements in the periodic table.
• The periodic table has $18$ numbered groups; the f-block columns (between groups $2$ and $3$) are not numbered.

Characteristics of Group 4 elements:

• Titanium $\left(\mathrm{Ti}\right)$, Zirconium $\left(\mathrm{Zr}\right)$, Hafnium $\left(\mathrm{Hf}\right)$, and Rutherfordium $\left(\mathrm{Rf}\right)$ are the elements of Group $\mathrm{IV}$.
• The first three metals are mostly hard metals under normal conditions and occur naturally as oxide ores.
• Rutherfordium $\left(\mathrm{Rf}\right)$ is usually created in a laboratory setting.
• They have a strong preference for oxygen.
• Due to the loss of all four ${\mathrm{ns}}^2(\mathrm{n}-1){\mathrm{d}}^2$ valence electrons, they primarily have a $+4$ oxidation state.
• As we proceed down the periodic table's column, the group $\mathrm{IV}$ elements become denser, have higher melting points, and are more electropositive.
• They have a proclivity for forming diverse inorganic compounds.