Things You May Have Missed

Ok. I've mentioned this before, but it seems to be the most common problem -- I've got to figure out a better way to let people know this: if the table is too small, then maximize your window. The table application stretches and shrinks to fit the browser window in which it resides.

Be certain to click on the fields in the element details area. This automatically changes the color pattern of the cells of the table. This is also a good way to graphically learn about some of the characteristics of the elements in relation to one another. Another way to do this is in the color panel of the menu bar. By the way, doing so also changes the meaning of the attribute mini-graph. Because of space limitations, the color panel of the menu is the more thorough of the two methods.

The electron configuration diagram (next to the mini-graph) is specifically not the diagram of electron fill patterns. Of course for electron fills, for example, in the p orbitals, per Hund's rule, the electrons will go one to a shell before they double up, so-as to minimize the repulsion of the same charge electrons. This is instead what I am terming the standard electron configuration. The "true electron configuration", per the CRC tables, can be seen by clicking on a specific orbital coloring pattern given on the color panel of the menu bar.