METAL

S AND
NON M
ETALS

Subtitle
 The simplest form of substances. This means that whatever you do with an element, it
remains to be the same element.
There are already more than a hundred elements and are organized in a Periodic Table.
Some of them are naturally occurring and some were produced in a laboratory
Activity 1 Which can conduct electricity, metals or
nonmetals?

Objective

In this activity, you should be able to distinguish between metals and nonmetals based
on its electrical conductivity.

Science LM pp. 59-60

 THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
Thermal conductivity (Watt/centimeter-Kelvin (W/cmK). describes the transport of energy – in the
form of heat – through a body of mass as the result of a temperature gradient

Table 2. Thermal conductivities of some elements

Element Symbol Thermal Conductivity* W/cmK

Copper Cu 4.01
Aluminum Al 2.37
Iron Fe 0.802
Selenium Se 0.0204
Sulfur S 0.00269
Phosphorus P 0.00235
Activity 2 Acidity of the oxides of metals and
nonmetals

Objective

In this activity, you should be able to distinguish between metals and

nonmetals based on the acidity of their oxides.

Science LM pp. 59-60