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Periodic table reference

Atomic number, symbol, standard atomic weight, group, period, category and electron configuration for all 118 chemical elements, using the IUPAC 2021 standard atomic weights.

Two of these columns carry a caveat worth knowing. 14 elements have an atomic weight that IUPAC publishes as an interval rather than a single number, because their isotopic composition varies measurably between natural sources — for those, the fourth digit carries real uncertainty. Another 34 have no stable isotope at all, so the figure shown is a mass number, which is an integer count of nucleons rather than a measured average. Each element page says which applies.

ZSymbolElementAtomic weightGroupPeriodCategory
1HHydrogen1.00811Reactive nonmetal
2HeHelium4.0026181Noble gas
3LiLithium6.9412Alkali metal
4BeBeryllium9.012222Alkaline earth metal
5BBoron10.81132Metalloid
6CCarbon12.011142Reactive nonmetal
7NNitrogen14.007152Reactive nonmetal
8OOxygen15.999162Reactive nonmetal
9FFluorine18.998172Halogen
10NeNeon20.18182Noble gas
11NaSodium22.9913Alkali metal
12MgMagnesium24.30523Alkaline earth metal
13AlAluminium26.982133Post-transition metal
14SiSilicon28.085143Metalloid
15PPhosphorus30.974153Reactive nonmetal
16SSulfur32.06163Reactive nonmetal
17ClChlorine35.45173Halogen
18ArArgon39.95183Noble gas
19KPotassium39.09814Alkali metal
20CaCalcium40.07824Alkaline earth metal
21ScScandium44.95634Transition metal
22TiTitanium47.86744Transition metal
23VVanadium50.94254Transition metal
24CrChromium51.99664Transition metal
25MnManganese54.93874Transition metal
26FeIron55.84584Transition metal
27CoCobalt58.93394Transition metal
28NiNickel58.693104Transition metal
29CuCopper63.546114Transition metal
30ZnZinc65.38124Transition metal
31GaGallium69.723134Post-transition metal
32GeGermanium72.63144Metalloid
33AsArsenic74.922154Metalloid
34SeSelenium78.971164Reactive nonmetal
35BrBromine79.904174Halogen
36KrKrypton83.798184Noble gas
37RbRubidium85.46815Alkali metal
38SrStrontium87.6225Alkaline earth metal
39YYttrium88.90635Transition metal
40ZrZirconium91.22445Transition metal
41NbNiobium92.90655Transition metal
42MoMolybdenum95.9565Transition metal
43TcTechnetium98*75Transition metal
44RuRuthenium101.0785Transition metal
45RhRhodium102.9195Transition metal
46PdPalladium106.42105Transition metal
47AgSilver107.87115Transition metal
48CdCadmium112.41125Transition metal
49InIndium114.82135Post-transition metal
50SnTin118.71145Post-transition metal
51SbAntimony121.76155Metalloid
52TeTellurium127.6165Metalloid
53IIodine126.9175Halogen
54XeXenon131.29185Noble gas
55CsCaesium132.9116Alkali metal
56BaBarium137.3326Alkaline earth metal
57LaLanthanum138.916Lanthanide
58CeCerium140.126Lanthanide
59PrPraseodymium140.916Lanthanide
60NdNeodymium144.246Lanthanide
61PmPromethium145*6Lanthanide
62SmSamarium150.366Lanthanide
63EuEuropium151.966Lanthanide
64GdGadolinium157.256Lanthanide
65TbTerbium158.936Lanthanide
66DyDysprosium162.56Lanthanide
67HoHolmium164.936Lanthanide
68ErErbium167.266Lanthanide
69TmThulium168.936Lanthanide
70YbYtterbium173.056Lanthanide
71LuLutetium174.976Lanthanide
72HfHafnium178.4946Transition metal
73TaTantalum180.9556Transition metal
74WTungsten183.8466Transition metal
75ReRhenium186.2176Transition metal
76OsOsmium190.2386Transition metal
77IrIridium192.2296Transition metal
78PtPlatinum195.08106Transition metal
79AuGold196.97116Transition metal
80HgMercury200.59126Transition metal
81TlThallium204.38136Post-transition metal
82PbLead207.2146Post-transition metal
83BiBismuth208.98156Post-transition metal
84PoPolonium209*166Post-transition metal
85AtAstatine210*176Halogen
86RnRadon222*186Noble gas
87FrFrancium223*17Alkali metal
88RaRadium226*27Alkaline earth metal
89AcActinium227*7Actinide
90ThThorium232.047Actinide
91PaProtactinium231.047Actinide
92UUranium238.037Actinide
93NpNeptunium237*7Actinide
94PuPlutonium244*7Actinide
95AmAmericium243*7Actinide
96CmCurium247*7Actinide
97BkBerkelium247*7Actinide
98CfCalifornium251*7Actinide
99EsEinsteinium252*7Actinide
100FmFermium257*7Actinide
101MdMendelevium258*7Actinide
102NoNobelium259*7Actinide
103LrLawrencium266*7Actinide
104RfRutherfordium267*47Transition metal
105DbDubnium268*57Transition metal
106SgSeaborgium269*67Transition metal
107BhBohrium270*77Transition metal
108HsHassium269*87Transition metal
109MtMeitnerium278*97Transition metal
110DsDarmstadtium281*107Transition metal
111RgRoentgenium282*117Transition metal
112CnCopernicium285*127Transition metal
113NhNihonium286*137Post-transition metal
114FlFlerovium289*147Post-transition metal
115McMoscovium290*157Post-transition metal
116LvLivermorium293*167Post-transition metal
117TsTennessine294*177Halogen
118OgOganesson294*187Noble gas

* mass number of the longest-lived isotope, not a measured atomic weight. † IUPAC publishes an interval; the conventional value is shown.

Group, period, category and electron configuration are computed from the atomic number rather than stored, so they cannot fall out of step with it. The lanthanides and actinides show no group because they genuinely have none in the modern IUPAC layout — that is the correct answer, not a gap.