Question: what family is iodine in on the periodic table
Answer: Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium Platinum Gold Mercury ( element ) Thallium Lead Bismuth Polonium Astatine Radon Francium Radium Actinium Thorium Protactinium Uranium Neptunium Plutonium Americium Curium Berkelium Californium Einsteinium Fermium Mendelevium Nobelium Lawrencium Rutherfordium Dubnium Seaborgium Bohrium Hassium Meitnerium Darmstadtium Roentgenium Copernicium Nihonium Flerovium Moscovium Livermorium Tennessine Oganesson Br ↑ ↓ At tellurium ← iodine → xenon Atomic number ( Z ) 53 Group group 17 ( halogens ) Period period 5 Element category reactive nonmetal Block p - block Electron configuration ( Kr ) 4d 5s 5p Electrons per shell 2 , 8 , 18 , 18 , 7 Physical properties Phase at STP solid Melting point 386.