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Gloria E. Cotton Page 6

With National Board Certification in secondary science, Gloria E. Cotton spent her career teaching high school chemistry in public school classrooms before retiring from the district. She explains atomic structure and fundamental chemical properties. Cotton now helps run hands-on lab experiments as a volunteer with a local teen science club.

How Does the Number of Protons Affect Atomic Radius?
Do Halogens Gain or Lose Electrons?
What Is an Atomic Number and What Does It Represent?
What Part of the Atom Allows It to React With Another One?
How Can You Tell Isotopes Apart?
Why Do Batteries Run Out? The Chemistry Explained
How to Find the Number of Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons
Why Do Alkali Metals and Halogens React So Strongly?
How Is Matter Described by Its Properties and Composition?
What Was Known About Atoms in the Nineteenth Century?
What Is the Electron Configuration for Calcium?
What Elements Are Chemically Similar to Calcium?
What Is the Electron Configuration of Lithium?
How Are Elements Arranged Into Chemical Families?
What Is Electron Shielding and How Does It Work?
What Elements Form Cations and Why?
Why Do Halogens Not Form Positive Ions?
What Type of Bond Would Form Between Atoms of Iron (Fe)?
Why Does Atomic Size Increase as You Go Down a Group?
How Is Today’s Periodic Table Different From Mendeleev’s?
Is Sodium a Transition Metal? Explaining Its True Classification
Is Zinc a Transition Metal? A Look at Its Electron Structure
What Elements Have the Same Number of Valence Electrons?
What Is the Aufbau Rule for Electron Configuration?
Can the Atomic Mass of an Element Vary?
How Many Unpaired Electrons Does Vanadium Have?
What Is the Difference Between Mendeleev and Modern Periodic Table?
What Is the Electron Configuration of Sn?
Why Do Unstable Atoms Seek to Share Electrons?
Why Do Sodium and Chlorine Ions Stick Together?