Period 6 element Period 6 element A period 6 element is one of the chemical elements in the sixth row (or "period") of the periodic table of the elements, including the lanthanides. The periodic table is laid out in rows to illustrate recurring (periodic) trends in the chemical behaviour of the elements as their atomic number increases: a new row is begun when chemical behaviour begins to repeat, meaning that elements with similar behaviour fall into the same vertical columns. The sixth period contains 32 elements, tied for the most with period 7, beginning with caesium and ending with radon. Lead is currently
The Periodic Table (Basher book) The Periodic Table (Basher book) The Periodic Table: Elements with Style is a 2007 children's science book created by Simon Basher and written by Adrian Dingle. It is the first book in Basher's science series, which includes "Physics: Why Matter Matters!", "Biology: Life As We Know It", "Astronomy: Out of this World!", "Rocks and Minerals: A Gem of a Book", and "Planet Earth: What Planet Are You On?", each of which is 128 pages long. The book is arranged in eleven chapters plus an introduction, and includes a poster in the back of the book. Each chapter is on a