Wikipedia:WikiProject Elements

This WikiProject is aimed at facilitating the conversion of the current periodic table element articles to the agreed upon format discussed in Talk:WikiProject Elements.
For an example of what the new format will look like, please see Beryllium. For a clean copy of the template being used please see the bottom of this page.

Participants
maveric149, Bryan Derksen, fonzy

Conversion Log
Alkaline earth metals (done): Beryllium, Magnesium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium
Alkali metals (done): Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium, Francium
Halogens (done): Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine, Astatine
Metalloids (done): Boron, Silicon, Germanium, Antimony, Arsenic, Tellurium, Polonium
True metals: Bismuth, Lead, Thallium, Indium, Tin, Gallium, Aluminium/Temp
Nonmetals: Selenium/Temp

Ununquadium

Ununbium (needs to be checked)

Temporary page header template

''This is a temporary page created for the sole purpose of converting the current [[_]] article over to the new format agreed upon in [[talk:WikiProject Elements]]. When this process is complete the content in this page will be moved to the main article and any relevant edits made to that version will be incorporated into this version (this page will then be deleted from the database). For an example of what this article will look like when complete, please visit [[Beryllium]], for a clean copy of the template used here please visit [[WikiProject Elements]]. See also [[periodic table]] to view the color scheme.''

Color scheme
Table headings will all have fill colors that match the fill colors used for that elements chemical series in the periodic table.

**Rationale for colors of the New Table**
Alkali metals #FF6666	Very reactive and therefore dangerous = red
Alkaline earths #FFDEAD	nice earthy color = easy to remember.
Lanthanides #ffbfff	Suggestions? The current color was chosen arbitrarily.
Actinides #d0d0ff	Suggestions? The current color was chosen arbitrarily.
Transition metals #ffc0c0	Another shade of gray (or even silver) would work here. But that would make to table a bit drap and the colors of the metals and transitions metals too similar. I am up for suggestions. Does any other common property of the transition metals have a color associated?
Metals #cccccc	true metals are closest in color to gray
Semimetals #cccc99	Intermediate color between above and below
Nonmetals #a0ffa0	Elements most essential to life. Most life on Earth (measured by biomass) is photosynthetic and chlorophyll is green
Halogens #ffff99	Fluorine gas is yellowish as are many precipitates of halogens
Noble gases #c0ffff	Non-reacative for practical purposes. Light-blue is soft and soothing (it is also the opposite of red)

Data acquisition guide for filling in the table templates.
These instructions assume you have made active the links at the bottom of the template and are using those links to gather data.

General

Series, Period, Block

WebElements.com -- click on "Key data; description" on side panel

Density

WebElements.com -- click on "Density"

Hardness (Mohs)

EnvironmentalChemistry.com -- 2/3 down "Physical Properties"

Appearance

WebElements.com -- click on "Key data; description" on side panel

Atomic

Atomic weight

WebElements.com -- click on "Key data; description" on side panel

Atomic, Covalent, van der Waals radii

WebElements.com -- click on "Van der Waals radius"

Electron configuration & e- 's per energy level

WebElements.com -- click on "Electron configuration"

Oxidation states

EnvironmentalChemistry.com -- next to last in "Atomic Structure"
Oxide is.... http://chemlab.pc.maricopa.edu/periodic/periodic.html

Crystal structure

EnvironmentalChemistry.com -- 1/4 through "Atomic Structure"

Physical

State of matter at STP

WebElements.com -- click on "Key data; description" on side panel

Melting and Boiling point at SP

WebElements.com -- click on "Boiling point"

Molar volume

WebElements.com -- click on "Molar Volume"

Heat of vaporization

EnvironmentalChemistry.com -- 3/4 through "Physical Properties"

Heat of fusion

EnvironmentalChemistry.com -- 1/2 through "Chemical Properties"

Vapor pressure

EnvironmentalChemistry.com -- at the end of "Physical Properties"
- add 273 to the Celsius temperature to get Kelvin.

Velocity of Sound
http://www.allmeasures.com/Formulae/static/materials/

Miscellaneous

Electronegativity

EnvironmentalChemistry.com -- third entry under "Chemicl Properties".

Specific heat capacity

EnvironmentalChemistry.com -- second to last in "Physical Properties"

multiply numeric value by 1000

compare with http://www.allmeasures.com/Formulae/static/materials/

Electrical conductivity and Thermal conductivity

EnvironmentalChemistry.com -- 1/5 down "Physical Properties"

multiply each numeric value by 100

ionization potentials

WebElements.com -- click on "Ionization energies"

Isotopic

EnvironmentalChemistry.com -- click on the link at the bottom of the page going to "Nuclides" (Under "Part Two")

Choose all the stable forms and only the most stable isotopes -- Please don't include any isotopes with half-lifes less than a week

TEMPLATE

To make the links at the bottom of this template active the underscore within the links needs to be replaced. For Los Alamos National Lab replace the URL _ with the atomic number. For the USGS page replace the URL _ with the element's name (lowercased). For the other two links replace the _ with the element's symbol.

This is a temporary page created for the sole purpose of converting the current [[_]] article over to the new format agreed upon in talk:WikiProject Elements. When this process is complete the content in this page will be moved to the main article and any relevant edits made to that version will be incorporated into this version (this page will then be deleted from the database). For an example of what this article will look like when complete, please visit Beryllium, for a clean copy of the template used here please visit WikiProject Elements. See also periodic table to view the color scheme.

__ is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol __ and atomic number __.

Properties

General

Name, Symbol, Number

__, __, __

Chemical series

____________

Group, Period, Block

_ (_), _ , _

Density, Hardness

__ kg/m³, __

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