Group 17 Oxygen and Metals

Group 17 of the periodic table is known as the halogens, and includes elements such as fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, and astatine. Oxygen, on the other hand, is in Group 16, also known as the chalcogens. Oxygen is a nonmetal, whereas the halogens are all nonmetals except for astatine, which is a metalloid. These elements…