Question

Explain one physical and two chemical properties on the basis of which metals can be distinguished from non-metals.

Answer 1

Physically metals are mostly solid and malleable and ductile whereas non-metals can be solid liquid or gases and they are neither ductile nor malleable.
Chemically
1. Metals can lose electeons whereas as non-metals can share or gain Valence electrons
2. Metals are good reducing agents whereas non-metals are good oxidizing agent