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METALS.

Describe the physical and chemical properties of metals.

|Property |Metals |Non-metals |

|State at room |Solid (except mercury) |Solid, liquid or gas |

|temperature | | |

|Appearance of solid |Shiny |Dull |

|Sound when struck |Sonorous (make a sound |Not sonorous (Do not |

| |when struck) |make a sound when |

| | |struck |

|‘Bendability’ of solid |Malleable (can be |Not malleable, not |

| |hammered) and ductile |Ductile. They are brittle. |

| |(can be drawn out) | |

|Density |Generally high |Generally low |

|Melting and boiling |Generally high |Generally low |

|points | | |

|Electrical and thermal |Good |Poor (except graphite) |

|conducitivity...