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What do columns on the periodic table tell us?

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The periodic table is an arrangement of the elements in order of their atomic numbers so that elements with similar properties appear in the same vertical column or group.

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Column on the periodic table tell the number of valence electrons and the types of chemicals, such as metals, nonmetals, alkaline earth metals, metalloids, halogens, noble gases.

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