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    Chemists classify elements as metals based on physical properties like hardness, malleability, and ductility. Metals exhibit a wide range of chemical properties - reactive metals like sodium and potassium react vigorously with air and water, while less reactive metals like gold and chromium combine slowly. Useful alloys often improve properties by combining the best qualities of different metals, like stainless steel strengthening iron with chromium. Metals are generally solid, good conductors that transmit heat and electricity, and some are magnetic.

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    Chemists classify elements as metals based on physical properties like hardness, malleability, and ductility. Metals exhibit a wide range of chemical properties - reactive metals like sodium and potassium react vigorously with air and water, while less reactive metals like gold and chromium combine slowly. Useful alloys often improve properties by combining the best qualities of different metals, like stainless steel strengthening iron with chromium. Metals are generally solid, good conductors that transmit heat and electricity, and some are magnetic.

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    Chemists classify elements as metals based on physical properties like hardness, malleability, and ductility. Metals exhibit a wide range of chemical properties - reactive metals like sodium and potassium react vigorously with air and water, while less reactive metals like gold and chromium combine slowly. Useful alloys often improve properties by combining the best qualities of different metals, like stainless steel strengthening iron with chromium. Metals are generally solid, good conductors that transmit heat and electricity, and some are magnetic.

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    Chapter 1, Section 3

    • Chemists classify an element as a metal based on


    physical properties such as hardness, shininess,
    malleability, and ductility
    • Malleable- a material that can be pounded into
    shapes (play-doh)
    • Ductile- a material that can be pulled out, or drawn,
    into a long wire
    • Most are good conductors- they transmit heat and
    electricity easily
    • Several are magnetic- attracted to magnets
    • Most are solid at room temperature
    • Most have very high melting points
    • Metals show a wide range of chemical properties.
    • Reactive metals combine with other elements quickly, giving off
    energy.
    -Example- Sodium (Na) and Potassium (K) react vigorously with
    air or water
    • Unreactive metals combine very slowly with air
    - Example- Gold (Au) and Chromium (Cr)

    Gold &
    Chromium

    Sodium & Potassium


    Alloys
     A mixture of two or more elements
     Useful alloys often combine the best
    properties of two or more metals
    - stainless steel (iron mixed with carbon,
    chromium, and vanadium)
    - bronze (copper mixed with tin)
    Alkali Metals
    •Group 1
    Metals- Alkali
    Metals
    •Most reactive
    metals
    •Never found
    uncombined in
    nature
    •Very soft and
    shiny
    •Sodium (Na)
    and Potassium
    (K)
    Alkaline Earth Metals
    • Group 2 of the periodic table
    • More reactive than most
    (other than Group 1)
    • Never found uncombined in
    nature
    • Fairly hard
    • Good electric conductor
    •Examples- Magnesium (Mg)
    and calcium (Ca)
    • Farther to the right in the
    periodic table, less reactive
    Transition Metals
    • Elements found in
    Groups 3 thru 12 are
    transition metals
    • Includes most of
    the familiar metals-
    Iron (Fe), Copper
    (Cu), Nickel (Ni),
    Silver (Ag), Zinc (Zn),
    and Gold (Au)
    • Fairly stable,
    reacting slowly or not
    at all with air and
    Metals in Mixed Groups
    Groups 13-16 include metals,
    nonmetals, and metalloids
    Examples- Aluminum (Al), Tin
    (Sn), Lead (Pb)
    Lanthanides and Actinides

    Lanthanides Actinides
     Top row at the bottom  Bottom row at the
    of the periodic table bottom of the periodic
     Soft, malleable, shiny table
    metals with high  Many created
    conductivity artificially in labs
     Uranium used in
    nuclear power

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