Question

Difference between metals and non metals

Answer 1

Metals

metals are solids (except for mercury) at room temperaturemetals are malleable (they can change shape without breaking)metals are ductile (they can be pulled into wires like the electrical copper wires in your house)metals are shiny, especially when they are freshly cut and exposedmetals are good conductors for both heat and electricitymetals tend to easily lose electrons and make positive ions, which then will form ionic bonds with non-metals

Non-metals

non-metals can be found in three states at room temperature; however, only bromine is a liquid, while the other non-metals are either gas or solidnon-metals are brittle (if a solid) and often break easilynon-metals are dull (not shiny)non-metals are not good conductorsand are generally better at insulating both temperature and electricitynon-metals tend to either gain or share electrons to form ionic or covalent bonds, respectively

Answer 2

☆ Difference between- ☆

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• Metals are strong.

• Metals are malleable and ductile.

Note

✴ The property of malleability means that can be hammered into thin sheets.✴

✴ The property of ductility means that they can be drawn into thin wires. ✴

• They are sonorous.

• They have high melting and boiling points.

• They are good conductors of electricity and heat.

• They are mainly solids at room temperature.

• They become lustorous when polished.

• They have high density.

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• They are brittle.

• They are non-malleable and non-ductile.

• They are non-sonorous.

• They have low melting and boiling points.

• They are poor conductors of heat and electricity.

• They exist in all states ( solid, liquid,gases) at room temperature.

• They are dull and doesn't have lustorous property.

• They have low density.