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Metals, Nonmetals, and Metalloids
Sonya Crider
Created on May 2, 2023
Interactive periodic table describing metals, nonmetals, and metalloids.
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Metals
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Lustrous
Malleable
Shiny
Able to be hammered into shapes
Ductile
Good Conductors
Able to be pulled into wires
Can conduct heat and electricity.
NonMetals
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Different states at room temperature
Dull
Unlike metals, nonmetals are not shiny.
Most nonmetals are gases at room temp, but may also be solid or liquid. When solid, they are brittle.
Diatomic Elements
Insulators
Among the nonmetals are 7 diatomic elements: Br2, I2, N2, Cl2, H2, O2, F2
Nonmetals do not conduct electricity or heat and make good insulators.
MetalLoids
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Characteristics of both metals and nonmetals
Semiconductors
Metalloids may have different combinations of both metal and nonmetal characteristics.
Metalloids such as silicon make good semiconductors in electronics as thier conductivity can be turned on and off by changing conditions.
Stair-step Elements
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Periodic Table by Dmarcus100, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Aluminum, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sulfur by Benjah-bmm27, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Silicon by Enricoros at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons