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Color schemes

Kalzium can show you which elements are where with regard to their Periodic “block” and “group”, their behavior with acid and which state of matter (i.e. solid/liquid/vapor) they are in at a given temperature.

Color schemes can be changed in the View->Scheme menu.

  • Monochrome: all the elements have the same color. You can change the default color by choosing Settings->Configure Kalzium... and going to the Colors tab.

  • Blocks: displays a color for each block.

  • Iconic: displays icons for each element.

  • Family: represents each of the nine families with a color.

  • Groups: displays a color for each group. A group is a vertical column in the periodic table of the elements. There are 18 groups in the standard periodic table. Elements in a group have similar configurations of their valence shell electrons, which gives them similar properties.

  • Gradient

    The gradient views displays the elements according to a property you can select below and with a gradient colored scheme. The elements for which the data is not available are displayed in grey.


    Gradient for Covalent Radius
    • Covalent Radius

    • van der Waals Radius

    • Atomic Mass

    • Boiling Point

    • Melting Point

    • Electronegativity (Pauling)

    • Electronaffinity

    • Discovery date

    • First Ionisation

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