The periodic table of chemical elements, often called the periodic table, organizes all discovered chemical elements in rows (called periods) and columns (called groups) according to increasing atomic ...

The position of an element on the periodic table provides information about ... is a metal which is a liquid at room temperature. Diamond is a form of carbon. Carbon is a non-metal.

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