Different between nonmetals and metals based on physical properties
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Explanation:
METALS
All metals are solid at room temperature except mercury, which is a liquid at room temperature.
All metals are lustrous.
Metals have high densities except lithium, soduim and potassium.
Metals are malleable.
Metals are ductile.
They are good conductors of heat and electricity.
They have high melting point.
NON-METALS
Non-metals exists as solid, liquid and gas.
silicon is a solid, bromine is a liquid and oxygen is a gas.
Non-metals are non-lustrous.
They have low density.
They are non-malleable.
They are non-ductile.
They are poor conductors of heat and electricity.
They have low melting and boiling point.
Physical Properties of Metals
Some of the physical properties of metals are listed below.
Shiny (lustrous) in nature
Metal is a good conductor of electricity and heat
Density and melting point is high
Mouldable (Malleable)
Ductile
At room temperature, it is in solid form except for mercury
Opaque
Physical Properties of Non-metals
Some of the physical properties of non-metals are listed below.
Poor conductors of electricity and heat
Non-Ductile metals
Brittle solids
Maybe solids, liquids or gases at room temperature
These are not sonorous
Transparent