Group 12, by modern IUPAC numbering, is a group of chemical elements in the periodic table. It includes zinc, cadmium, mercury, and copernicium. Formerly this group was named IIB by CAS and old IUPAC
A period 4 element is one of the chemical elements in the fourth row of the periodic table of the chemical elements. The periodic table is laid out in rows to illustrate recurring trends in the chemic