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Metals and Non-Metals

Metals are usually solids at room temperature, are good conductors of heat and electricity, and have high melting and boiling points. They form metallic bonds where metal atoms are surrounded by a sea of delocalized electrons. Metals can be bent, pounded into sheets, and stretched into wire without breaking.

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Metals and Non-Metals

Metals are usually solids at room temperature, are good conductors of heat and electricity, and have high melting and boiling points. They form metallic bonds where metal atoms are surrounded by a sea of delocalized electrons. Metals can be bent, pounded into sheets, and stretched into wire without breaking.

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Properties of Metals

Metals
– Located to the
left and below
the diagonal
line in the
periodic table.
Properties of Metals
• Metals are usually solids at room
temperature
• Good conductors of heat and
electricity
• High melting points and boiling
points (except Hg)
• High densities (except some group
1 metals)
• Metals are shiny and reflect light
Properties of Metals
• Malleable – can be
bent, pounded
into sheets
• Ductile – can be
stretched into
wire without
breaking
Properties of Metals
•Mainly have
1, 2, or 3
outer shell
electrons.
•React with
nonmetals to
form ionic
bonds.
Properties of Metals
• Metallic Bonds
– Metal atoms are
surrounded by a
sea of electrons
because they
are not held
tightly
Properties of Nonmetals

• Nonmetals
are located
to the right
of the stair
step line.
Properties of Nonmetals

• The nonmetals exist in all three of the


states of matter at room temperature:
gases (such as oxygen), liquids (such as
bromine), and solids (such as carbon).
Properties of Nonmetals
• Nonmetals are not able to conduct
electricity or heat very well.
• Nonmetals have much lower melting
and boiling points than metals.
(Consider all of the ‘red’ ones.)
• Nonmetals are not nearly as dense as
metals.
Properties of Nonmetals
• The nonmetals have no
metallic luster, and do
not reflect light.
• Nonmetallic elements
are very brittle, and
cannot be rolled into
wires or pounded into
sheets.

Sulfur powder
Properties of Nonmetals
• They have
4 to 8 outer
shell
electrons.
• Nonmetals bond
with other
nonmetals to form
covalent bonds.

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