Similar Elements And Compounds

Oxygen is highly reactive and combines with almost all elements on the periodic table except for some highly inert noble gases. Oxygen forms compound with even the rarest of elements, like-Promethium, Neptunium, Technetium etc. It also forms compounds with some of the least reactive elements like-Xenon, Gold and Platinum. The synthetic elements that Oxygen reacts with includes Americium, Curium, Berkelium, Einsteinium and Californium. The noble gases that Oxygen usually do not react with include Helium, Neon, Argon and Krypton.
Most non-metals react similarly to Oxygen. But if we want to be more specific, all elements from the group of Oxygen (Group 16) reacts similarly to Oxygen. This is because of one of the most important property of the periodic table. Which is, the elements in each group has their individual and unique properties which are similar to each other. And the element that has the most closest properties to Oxygen is Sulphur. We will know about Oxygen compounds further more a bit later.