The oxygenated acids (acids contain oxygen) and bases are considered as hydroxy compounds, They can be represented by the general formula (MOH), where M is the element atom, The hydroxy compounds can be ionized...
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Berzelius was the first scientist who classified elements into two main groups (metals and nonmetals), according to their physical properties, Indeed that was before knowing anything about...
The chemical properties & some of the physical properties of the elements depend on their electronic structure and especially on the valence electrons (the electrons of the outermost level), The concept of bond length...
