Elements by Block

A block of the periodic table is a set of elements unified by the atomic orbitals their valence electrons or vacancies lie in. The term appears to have been first used by Charles Janet. Each block is named after its characteristic orbital: s-block, p-block, d-block, and f-block.

Data available for 118 of 118 elements. Most common: D (40 elements).

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118 elements
Elements by Block
Symbol
21ScandiumScD
22TitaniumTiD
23VanadiumVD
24ChromiumCrD
25ManganeseMnD
26IronFeD
27CobaltCoD
28NickelNiD
29CopperCuD
30ZincZnD
39YttriumYD
40ZirconiumZrD
41NiobiumNbD
42MolybdenumMoD
43TechnetiumTcD
44RutheniumRuD
45RhodiumRhD
46PalladiumPdD
47SilverAgD
48CadmiumCdD
71LutetiumLuD
72HafniumHfD
73TantalumTaD
74TungstenWD
75RheniumReD
76OsmiumOsD
77IridiumIrD
78PlatinumPtD
79GoldAuD
80MercuryHgD
103LawrenciumLrD
104RutherfordiumRfD
105DubniumDbD
106SeaborgiumSgD
107BohriumBhD
108HassiumHsD
109MeitneriumMtD
110DarmstadtiumDsD
111RoentgeniumRgD
112CoperniciumCnD
57LanthanumLaF
58CeriumCeF
59PraseodymiumPrF
60NeodymiumNdF
61PromethiumPmF
62SamariumSmF
63EuropiumEuF
64GadoliniumGdF
65TerbiumTbF
66DysprosiumDyF
67HolmiumHoF
68ErbiumErF
69ThuliumTmF
70YtterbiumYbF
89ActiniumAcF
90ThoriumThF
91ProtactiniumPaF
92UraniumUF
93NeptuniumNpF
94PlutoniumPuF
95AmericiumAmF
96CuriumCmF
97BerkeliumBkF
98CaliforniumCfF
99EinsteiniumEsF
100FermiumFmF
101MendeleviumMdF
102NobeliumNoF
5BoronBP
6CarbonCP
7NitrogenNP
8OxygenOP
9FluorineFP
10NeonNeP
13AluminumAlP
14SiliconSiP
15PhosphorusPP
16SulfurSP
17ChlorineClP
18ArgonArP
31GalliumGaP
32GermaniumGeP
33ArsenicAsP
34SeleniumSeP
35BromineBrP
36KryptonKrP
49IndiumInP
50TinSnP
51AntimonySbP
52TelluriumTeP
53IodineIP
54XenonXeP
81ThalliumTlP
82LeadPbP
83BismuthBiP
84PoloniumPoP
85AstatineAtP
86RadonRnP
113NihoniumNhP
114FleroviumFlP
115MoscoviumMcP
116LivermoriumLvP
117TennessineTsP
118OganessonOgP
1HydrogenHS
2HeliumHeS
3LithiumLiS
4BerylliumBeS
11SodiumNaS
12MagnesiumMgS
19PotassiumKS
20CalciumCaS
37RubidiumRbS
38StrontiumSrS
55CesiumCsS
56BariumBaS
87FranciumFrS
88RadiumRaS

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