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Explain about salient features of metals ​

Answer 1

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Explain about the salient features of metals

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(i) Metals comprise more than 78% of all known elements. They are present on the left side of the periodic table.

(ii) They are usually solids at room temperature (mercury is an exception - (Hg-liquid), gallium (303k) and cesium (302k) also have very low melting points.

(iii) Metals usually have high melting and boiling points.

(iv) They are good conductors of heat and electricity they are malleable and ductile and also can be flattened into then sheets by hammering and drawn into thin wires.

Answer 2

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Answered by Waymaker

• Metals in general are conductive, with high electrical conductivity and high thermal conductivity. Typically they are malleable and ductile, deforming under stress without cleaving. ... The electrical and thermal conductivities of metals originate from the fact that their outer electrons are delocalized.