s-block Elements and p-block Elements

Everyone of you out there, must be familiar with the Element table or the Periodic table, containing the known 118 elements. These elements thus found are very useful and productive to us. But a chart which contains all these elements, must have been made with care and systematic. Though the periodic table is divided into two parts - A-type elements and B-type elements. As we all know, there are 7 rows or periods and 18 columns or groups. And there a 4- blocks named - s,p,d,and f blocks (We will discuss about them later).

The groups 1 and 2 are the s-block elements. The groups 13 to 18 are the p-block elements. The groups 3 to 12 are the d-block elements. And the Lactinides and Actinides at the bottom are the f -block elements.

Let's talk about the s-block elements and p-block elements. In this post, we will just memorize what all elements comprise the s and p blocks. We will discuss their properties afterwards.

S-Block Elements
Starting from the first group:

H   (Hydrogen)
Li   (Lithium)
Na  (Sodium)
K    (Potassium)
Rb   (Rubidium)
Ce  (Cesium)
Fr   (Francium)

2nd group 

Be  (Beryllium)
Mg (Magnesium)
Ca  (Calcium)
Sr   (Strontium)
Ba  (Barium)
Ra   (Radium)

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P- Block Elements

13th group

B  (Boron)
Al (Aluminium)
Ga (Gallium)
In  (Indium)
Tl   (Thallium)

14th group

C  (Carbon)
Si  (Silicon)
Ge (Germanium)
Sn  (Tin)
Sb  (Lead)

15th group

Nitrogen
Phosphorous
Arsenic
Antimony
Bismuth

16th group

O  (Oxygen)
S   (Sulphur)
Se  (Selenium)
Te  (Tellurium)
Po  (Polonium)

17th group (Halogens)

F   (Fluorine)
Cl  (Chlorine)
Br  (Bromine)
I     (Iodine)
As  (Astatine)

18th group (Noble Gases)

Helium
Neon
Argon
Krypton
Xenon
Radon