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PERIOD GROUP IUPAC GROUP CAS Alkalimetal Chalcogenselement HYDROGEN 2 IIA 13 IIIA 14 IVA 15VA 16 VIA 17 VIIA HELIUM 13 3 6.941 4 9.0122 Alkalineearthmetal Halogenselement 5 10.811 6 12.011 7 14.007 8 15.999 9 18.998 10 20.180 ATOMICNUMBER 5 10.811 2 Transitionmetals Noblegas Li Be SYMBOL Lanthanide B C N O F Ne B STANDARDSTATE (25 °C;101kPa) LITHIUM BERYLLIUM BORON CARBON NITROGEN OXYGEN FLUORINE NEON BORON Actinide Ne -gas Fe -solid 11 22.990 12 24.305 Hg -liquid Tc -synthetic 13 26.982 14 28.086 15 30.974 16 32.065 17 35.453 18 39.948 3 ELEMENT NAME Na Mg VIIIB Al Si P S Cl Ar SODIUM MAGNESIUM 3 IIIB 4 IVB 5 VB 6 VIB 7 VIIB 8 9 10 11IB 12 IIB ALUMINIUM SILICON PHOSPHORUS SULPHUR CHLORINE ARGON 19 39.098 20 40.078 21 44.956 22 47.867 23 50.942 24 51.996 25 54.938 26 55.845 27 58.933 28 58.693 29 63.546 30 65.38 31 69.723 32 72.64 33 74.922 34 78.96 35 79.904 36 83.798 4 K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr POTASSIUM CALCIUM SCANDIUM TITANIUM VANADIUM CHROMIUM MANGANESE IRON COBALT NICKEL COPPER ZINC GALLIUM GERMANIUM ARSENIC SELENIUM BROMINE KRYPTON 37 85.468 38 87.62 39 88.906 40 91.224 41 92.906 42 95.96 43 (98) 44 101.07 45 102.91 46 106.42 47 107.87 48 112.41 49 114.82 50 118.71 51 121.76 52 127.60 53 126.90 54 131.29 5 Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe RUBIDIUM STRONTIUM YTTRIUM ZIRCONIUM NIOBIUM MOLYBDENUMTECHNETIUM RUTHENIUM RHODIUM PALLADIUM SILVER CADMIUM INDIUM TIN ANTIMONY TELLURIUM IODINE XENON 55 132.91 56 137.33 57-71 72 178.49 73 180.95 74 183.84 75 186.21 76 190.23 77 192.22 78 195.08 79 196.97 80 200.59 81 204.38 82 207.2 83 208.98 84 (209) 85 (210) 86 (222) 6 Cs Ba La-Lu Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn Lanthanide CAESIUM BARIUM HAFNIUM TANTALUM TUNGSTEN RHENIUM OSMIUM IRIDIUM PLATINUM GOLD MERCURY THALLIUM LEAD BISMUTH POLONIUM ASTATINE RADON 87 (223) 88 (226) 89-103 104 (26 )7 105 (26 )8 106 (2 )71 107 (2 )72 108 (277) 109 (2 )76 110 (2 1)8 111 (2 )80 112 (2 )85 7 Fr Ra Ac-Lr Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Cn Actinide FRANCIUM RADIUM RUTHERFORDIUMDUBNIUM SEABORGIUM BOHRIUM HASSIUM MEITNERIUM DARMSTADTIUMROENTGENIUMCOPERNICIUM

LANTHANIDE Copyright©2010 EniG eneralic 57 138.91 58 140.12 59 140.91 60 144.24 61 (145) 62 150.36 63 151.96 64 157.25 65 158.93 66 162.50 67 164.93 68 167.26 69 168.93 70 173.05 71 174.97 (1) Pure Appl.Chem.,81 ,No.112131-2156 , (200 9 ) Relative atomic masses are expressed with La Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu fivesignificantfigures.Forelementsthathave LANTHANUM CERIUM PRASEODYMIUMNEODYMIUM PROMETHIUM SAMARIUM EUROPIUM GADOLINIUM TERBIUM DYSPROSIUM HOLMIUM ERBIUM THULIUM YTTERBIUM LUTETIUM no stable nuclides, the value enclosed in brackets indicates the mass number of the ACTINIDE longest-lived isotope of the element. However three such elements (Th, Pa and U) do have a 89 (227) 90 232.04 91 231.04 92 238.03 93 (237) 94 (244) 95 (243) 96 (247) 97 (247) 98 (251) 99 (252) 100 (257) 101 (258) 102 (259) 103 (262) characteristic terrestrial isotopic composition, andfortheseanatomicweightistabulated. Ac Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr

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Anything from A-D is a pass, anything below is a fail. summary of your educational and academic background, as * A = 85-100% well as teaching and research experience, publications, * B = 70 – 84% presentations, awards, honors, affiliations, and other details. * C = 55-69% * D = 40-54% * E = 25-39% Your CV should be clear, concise, complete, and up-to-date * F = >24% with current employment and educational information. * NG = so poor, it’s not worthy of a being marked.

THESE HEADINGS WILL HELP YOU TO INCLUDE OF For the leaving cert however, we have the points system. 6 subjects, YOUR NECESSARY INFORMATION 100 points per subject... a maximum of 600 points. Address Telephone Usually, we will do at least 7 subjects though and write off our lowest mark. Mobile Phone The points system is as follows; Email leaving cert points Personal Information Date of Birth Place of Birth Citizenship

EDUCATION DETAILS List in chronological order, include all exams taken, details and dates.

Employment History List in chronological order, include year & month (to-from) & position held.

MY INTERESTS So if you do all ordinary level subjects, 600 points isn’t your potential maximum... it’s 360. So 6 A1’s at ordinary level is the equivalent of 6 C3’s at include a brief list of hobbies or interests you have. higher level. e.g.: reading, cinema, tennis, hill walking or maybe tag rugby. Depending on the subject, it might be a lot harder to get a C3 at higher level than an A1 in ordinary level, so if you’re thinking of dropping down to ordinary REFERENCES level, make sure to look at both papers and compare the two... it might be Include a name, address and telephone number/email address of your easier to pass a higher level paper than it is to get an A in an ordinary paper, previous employer/employers. especially if you’re not used to the structure / past exam questions of an ordinary level paper. LANGUAGES WEEK DAYS ENGLISH french german spanish Monday Lundi Montag Lunes Tuesday Mardi Dienstag Martes Wednesday Mercredi Mittwoch Miércoles Thursday Jeudi Donnerstag Jueves Friday Vendredi Freitag Viernes Saturday Samedi Samstag Seábado Sunday Dimanche Sonntag Domingo

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