adopt-a-family: carbon family

Julianne Noveras

Adopt-A-Family:Carbon Family

• They all have 4 valence electrons.• Can form up to 4 bonds. (More than all the

other families.)• React in similar ways with oxygen and other

elements.

What do they have in Common?

They all have 4 valence electrons. They can form up to 4 bonds.

More than all the other families in the periodic table.

What make this family different?

• Symbol: C• Atomic number: 6• Atomic weight: 12.0107• Personality: Shape Shifter• Classification: Non-metal

Carbon

• Symbol: Si• Atomic number: 14• Atomic weight: 28.0855 • Personality: Technician• Classification: Metalloid

Silicon

• Symbol: Ge• Atomic number: 32• Atomic weight: 72.64• Personality: Energy Booster• Classification: Metalloid

Germanium

• Symbol: Sn• Atomic number: 50• Atomic weight: 118.710 • Personality: The elderly one• Classification: Metal

Tin

• Symbol: Pb• Atomic number: 82• Atomic weight: 207.2 • Personality: Brave and Strong• Classification: Metal

Lead

Carbon: Used in steel and filters.

Silicon: Used for semiconductors and it is the main ingredient for glass.

Germanium: Used as a material in semiconductors.

Tin: Used in the coating for steel cans.

Lead: Used for batteries, solder, shielding against radiation, and pluming.

Jobs

The carbon family is reactive. Reactivity increases with the atomic number. The carbon

family also forms covalent bonds. This means the element combine with other elements by sharing 1 or more electron,

especially in pairs between 2 atoms. The element Tin and Lead can also form Ionic bonds too.

Reactivity & Bonds

-Carbon reacts with Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur.

-Silicon reacts with Nitrogen, Oxygen, Potassium, and Magnesium.

-Lead reacts with Oxygen, Tin, Fluorine, Bromine, Iodine, Nitrogen, Sulfur, and Phosphorus.

-Tin reacts with Copper, Iron, and Lead.

Carbon is the famous member of this family because carbon atoms are found in ALL living things. Every living thing is

made up of carbon. It is in our atmosphere, the earth's crust, and in

the bodies of plants and animals. Without carbon, life would not be

possible.

Claim to Fame:Carbon

Range of Sizes

Lightest

Heaviest

Weight/Mass Order

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