Welcome! I came up with this new way of looking at the periodic table. It is called the Rota Period. James L. Rota Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Period 6 The S Orbital The P Orbital The D Orbital The F Orbital Transition Elements Lanthanide Series Actinide Series Multivalence1 Multivalence2 Rota Period I II III IV V VI VII VIII 1+ 2+ 3+ 4+ 5+ 6+ 7+ 8+ 3- 2- 1- 0 H He Li Be B C N O F Ne Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn * * * Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe Cs Ba La Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn Fr Ra Ac Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr Rf Db About the Rota Period Rota Period Explained (pdf) How the Rota Period Handles Some Periodic Table Anomalies (pdf) Atomic Radius, Electronegativity, Electropositivity, First Ionization Energy, Mass + Z, Metallic Properties and Oxidation State Trends Contact me Links *** Iron (Fe) is an example of how multi valence elements are displayed. © 2007 James L. Rota, Rotaperiod.com

Rota Period ----------------------------Metals---------------------------- --------Non Metals------- I II III IV V VI VII VIII 1+ 2+ 3+ 4+ 5+ 6+ 7+ 8+ 3- 2- 1- 0 P1 P2 P3 * * * P4 P5 P6 Unknown Valence Elements: Sg, Bh, Hs, Mt, Ds, Rg, Uub, Uut, Uuq, Uup © 2007 Rotaperiod.com