Metals V Non-metals

• Metal form _________ ions

  • positive
  • cations
• Non-metals form ________ ions

  • negative ions
  • anions
• Ions

  charged particles
• Majority of elements in the periodic table are _____

  • metals
  • found on left hand side and bottom
• Small number of elements are _________

  • non-metals
  • right and top of periodic table
• Physical properties of a metal

  • good conductors of heat + electricity
  • malleable = bent and hammered into sheets / shapes
  • ductile = shaped into wires
  • lustrous = shiny
  • High density
• Physical properties of non-metals

  • poor conductors of heat + electricity
  • dull
  • brittle
  • low density
• Chemical properties of metal compounds

  • most metal oxides are basic
• Chemical properties of non-metal oxides

  • mostly acidic