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Group 16 element facts for kids

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Oxygen discharge tube
Oxygen (in a gas-filled tube)

Group 16 is the third last group in the periodic table. This group is called the oxygen family or the chalcogens. The elements in this group are oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium, polonium and livermorium. The first three elements are nonmetals and the last two are semimetals. Polonium and livermorium are radioactive. Oxygen (as O2) is a colorless gas.

  • Sulfur

    Sulfur

  • Selenium-2

    Selenium

  • Tellurium

    Tellurium

Images for kids

  • Phase diagram of sulfur (1975)

    Phase diagram of sulfur showing the relative stabilities of several allotropes

  • Chalkogene

    The four stable chalcogens at STP

  • Brindis (24675281395)

    Water (H2O) is the most familiar chalcogen-containing compound.

  • Sulfid bismutitý

    Bismuth sulfide, a pnictogen chalcogenide

  • Greekfire-madridskylitzes1

    Greek fire, an early sulfur-related discovery

  • Mendelejevs periodiska system 1871

    Dmitri Mendeleev's periodic system proposed in 1871 showing oxygen, sulfur, selenium and tellurium part of his group VI

  • Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner

    Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner was among the first to notice similarities between what are now known as chalcogens.

  • AlbertaSulfurAtVancouverBC

    Sulfur recovered from oil refining in Alberta, stockpiled for shipment in North Vancouver, British Columbia

  • Black Powder Close Up

    Gunpowder, an application of sulfur

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