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1/22/2021

Metals and non-metals

Metals

  • Can be drawn into strings (ductile)
  • Malleable
  • Shiny when scratched
  • Ring when hit (sonorous)
  • Good conductors of heat and electricity
  • Oxides are bases

Non-Metals

  • Can't be drawn into strings (not ductile)
  • Not malleable (brittle)
  • Not shiny when scratched (dull)
  • Don't ring when hit
  • Poor conductors of heat and electricity
  • Oxides are acids