3.1  The Periodic Law and the Periodic Table 
  Numbering
 Groups in the Periodic Table 
  Periods and
 Groups 
  Metals and
 Nonmetals 
  Atomic
 Number and Atomic Mass 
 3.2   Electron
 Arrangement and the Periodic Table 
  Valence
 Electrons 
  The Quantum
 Mechanical Atom 
  Energy
 Levels and Sublevels 
  Electron
 Configuration and the Aufbau Principle 
  Abbreviated
 Electron Configurations
 3.3   The Octet Rule
  Ion
 Formation and the Octet Rule
 3.4   Trends in the
 Periodic Table 
  Atomic Size
 
  Ion Size
 
  Ionization
 Energy 
  Electron
 Affinity