How many groups and peroids are present in modern periodic table?
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There are 18 groups and 6 periods in modern periodic table
Modem Periodic Table has Periods (rows) and Groups (columns). There are 18 groups and number of periods can be 1 to 7 in a group.
=> A period shows the energy level or orbit number.
=> First period has only two elements. This is the smallest period.
=. Second and third periods have 8 elements each. These are called small periods.
=> Fourth and fth periods have 18 elements each. These are called long periods.
=>Sixth and seventh periods have 32 elements each. These are called very long periods.
=> Group number of an element is same as the number of valence electrons in that element.
=> Metals are on the left side, while non-metals are on the right side of table.
Noble elements are in the last group of periodic table.