compare the properties of metal and non metal on the basis of their properties malleability ductility and conductivity
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metals ......
1) metals are malleable:
this means that metal can be hammered or beaten to form thin sheets without breaking....
however, all metals are not equally malleable.....
some are more malleable than others....
for example: gold and silver are the most malleable metals....
aluminium copper and iron are also highly malleable metals ...
all the metals can be beaten with a hammer to form thing very thin sheets called foils....
metals are ductile:
this means that metal can be drawn or stretched into thin wires like malleability, all the matters are not equally ductile
gold and silver are the most ductile metal....
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Metals
In the periodic table, you can see a stair-stepped line starting at Boron (B), atomic number 5, and going all the way down to Polonium (Po), atomic number 84. Except for Germanium (Ge) and Antimony (Sb), all the elements to the left of that line can be classified as metals.
These metals have properties that you normally associate with the metals you encounter in everyday life:
They are solid (with the exception of mercury, Hg, a liquid).
They are shiny, good conductors of electricity and heat.
They are ductile (they can be drawn into thin wires).
They are malleable (they can be easily hammered into very thin sheets).
All these metals tend to lose electrons easily. The following figure shows the metals.
Nonmetals
Except for the elements that border the stair-stepped line, the elements to the right of the line are classified as nonmetals (along with hydrogen). Nonmetals have properties opposite those of the metals.
The nonmetals are brittle, not malleable or ductile, poor conductors of both heat and electricity.
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