group 16

Also known as oxygen family, group VI A element, group 16 elements, chalcogen

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Periodic table group.title: Chalcogens
Periodic table group.group number: 16
Periodic table group.trivial name: chalcogens
Periodic table group.by element: oxygen group
Periodic table group.CAS: VIA
Periodic table group.old IUPAC: VIB
Periodic table group.mark: O,S,Se,Te,Po,Lv
Periodic table group.left: pnictogens
Periodic table group.right: halogens

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Contents

Properties
Atomic and physical
Isotopes
Allotropes
Chemical
Compounds
Organic
With metals
With pnictogens
Other
History
Early discoveries
Periodic table placing
Modern discoveries
Names and etymology
Occurrence
Chalcophile elements
Production
Applications
Biological role
Toxicity
Amphid salts
See also
References
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The chalcogens (, ) are the chemical elements in group 16 of the periodic table. This group is also known as the oxygen family. Group 16 consists of the elements oxygen (O), sulfur (S), selenium (Se), tellurium (Te), and the radioactive elements polonium (Po) and livermorium (Lv). Often, oxygen is treated separately from the other chalcogens, sometimes even excluded from the scope of the term "chalcogen" altogether, due to its very different chemical behavior from sulfur, selenium, tellurium, and polonium. The word "chalcogen" means "ore-forming"; chalcogens got their name because protoscientists and early scientists could discern that these essences (which science would later reveal to be chemical elements) were involved in ore formation.