Question

Which Group is Known as Chalcogens and Why?

Answer 1

GROUP 16......Unless grouped with a heavier chalcogen, oxides are not considered chalcogenides. The name is generally considered to mean "ore former" from the Greek chalcos "ore" and -gen "formation". ... That has contributed to their name as oxygen and sulphur are very common in ores.

Answer 2

The chalcogens are chemical elements in group 6 or 16 in the periodic table .This group is also known as oxygen family. it consists of elements oxygen sulphur,sellenium,telurium and polonium is the radio active element. the chemically un characterized element is livermorium is predicted as chaloge as well often oxygen is treated separately from the other chalcogens due to this very chemical behavior of sulphur , selenium,tellurium,polonium the word chalcogen derived from Greek meaning copper .The poetic sense or latinized Greek word genes means born or produced.these elements are copper so it is named as chalcogens