Classified based on the properties of metals
- They are good conductors of heat and electricity
- They are mostly solids at room temperature
- They are flexible and can be made into wires
Classified based on the properties of nonmetals.
- They are brittle and break into sharp pieces
- They are poor conductors of heat and electricity
- They are solids, liquids, or gases at room temperature
What are metals and non-metals?
- Metals are opaque, lustrous elements that are good conductors of heat and electricity. Most metals are malleable and ductile and are, in general, denser than the other elemental substances.
- The metals of antiquity are the seven metals that humans had identified and found use for in prehistoric times: gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, iron, and mercury.
- Aluminum, cadmium, chromium, copper, iron, lead, nickel, tin, zinc, or any combination of these elements are considered common metals.
- Non-metals are natural materials that do not produce heat or electricity and that are structurally brittle (can not be easily rolled, molded, extruding, or pressed). Hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, arsenic, and selenium are the non-metallic elements in the periodic table.
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