Question

What is the other name of the oxygen family?

Answer 1

Hint: Periodic table is the representation of chemical elements arranged in the different groups and periods. The elements in each group can be called as the family of the first element present in that group.

Complete answer:
Periodic table is the representation of a total of \[118\] elements arranged in the increasing order of atomic number.
These elements are arranged in the vertical columns and horizontal rows.
These vertical columns are called groups and the horizontal rows are called periods.
There are a total of \[7\] periods and \[18\] groups in the periodic table.
The elements in group \[16\] are called the Oxygen family.
These elements of the Oxygen family are also called Chalcogens.
The elements in the chalcogens are Oxygen, Sulphur, Selenium, Tellurium and Polonium.
The outer electronic configuration of the chalcogens is \[n{s^2}n{p^4}\]
These elements are called chalcogens as most of these elements are found in copper ores.
In the Greek language, chalaco’s means ore formers.
Oxygen family elements are mostly nonmetals and have the electronegativity character.
The atomic radius of the chalcogens increases down the group.
The electro positivity and the reducing power also increases along the group.
The electronegativity and oxidising power decreases along the elements in the oxygen family.

Note:
The elements arranged in the different groups can be called by different names.
The oxygen family elements can be called chalcogens, and the nitrogen family elements can be called Pnicogens, the fluorine family elements are called halogens.