Answer to Question #340273 in Inorganic Chemistry for Rohaan

Question

Discuss the position of copper family in periodic table

Answer 1

Copper occupies the same family of the periodic table as silver and gold, since they each have one s-orbital electron on top of a filled electron shell which forms metallic bonds. This similarity in electron structure makes them similar in many characteristics. All have very high thermal and electrical conductivity, and all are malleable metals. Among pure metals at room temperature, copper has the second highest electrical and thermal conductivity, after silver.

Basic information about copper.

Name: Copper

Symbol: Cu

Atomic number: 29

Atomic weight: 63.546 (3)

Group in periodic table: 11

Group name: Coinage metal

Period in periodic table: 4

Block in periodic table: d-block

Colour: copper, metallic

Classification: Metallic