Nt1310 Unit 6 Lab

The purpose of this lab was to analyze and examine periodic trends of the first 36 elements that are on the periodic table. Trends that were analyzed and examined are the atomic radius (AR) and the first ionization energy (IE) of the 36 elements. The hypothesis for this lab was that the elements that are in the groups that had the highest atomic radius would be in the same groups as those who have the the highest first ionization energy and the groups who have the lowest atomic radius would be in the same groups as those elements who have the lowest first ionization energy. In order for the lab to be completed, a chart that was split into four sections was made to collect all the necessary data that is needed to make the graphs. After the data has been collected, a graph that contains both trends was made on a piece of graph paper. As the results was analyzed, it is discovered that the trends between the the atomic radius and the first ionization energy was that those elements who are on the peaks of the atomic radius graph such as the elements that are in the noble gas family are on the troughs of the first ionization energy …show more content…
Another way to improve the lab is to find the atomic radius and first ionization energy for all the elements on the periodic table to be graphed and compared again to find a more accurate answer for the trends. Since this lab only compared the atomic radius and first ionization energy for the first 36 elements on the periodic table, this doesn’t show the trends for the whole periodic table since the trends for the rest of the elements on the periodic table may change because this experiment was only done on a small part of the periodic table to see the trends on that specific area of the periodic