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∙ 14y agoGenerally, most metals do conduct, while few non-metals are good conductors.
All metals are shiny with a metallic lustre; but some metals may be appear duller.
Most metal are highly reactive, and occur in nature only as a compound.
Usually this is as an oxide, but there are other compounds too.
Sodium notably reacts with chlorine to form common salt.
Gold, other precious metals, lead and mercury are metals that are less reactive.
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What are the similarities and differences between metals and non metals?
Metals: -Malleable. -Shiny -ductile -good conductor of electricity and heat. -other than mercury, all metals are solid at room temp. -not brittle. -melts at high temp. except mercury Non-metals: -non-malleable -not shiny -not ductile -poor conductor of electricity and heat -at room temp., most are gases. -melts at low temperature.
Do all metals have a shiny luster?
No. Brushed aluminium doesn't.
What substance is silver solid shiny metallic conducts electricity?
A lot of metals are silver, solid and shiny metallic and conduct electricity. Examples include sodium , calcium, aluminium, titanium, iron etc etc. Gold and copper are two metals that spring to mind as being coloured and therefore not good answers to the question.
Are metals always shiny?
No. None of the Group 1 and Group 2 elements of the periodic table, the alkali and alkali earth metals respectively, stay shiny when exposed to air. They all react with moisture in air, and they tarnish quickly. A number of other metals will not stay shiny, either. Iron can be polished, but it will oxidize (rust) if left in air. Some metals will not react with air or the moisture in it, and some will. The results are mixed in that there are a lot of transition metals (Groups 3 through 12 on the periodic table), and each one would have to be evaluated independently (or with its "group mates") to discover if it would stay shiny. Links are provided to some relevant Wikipedia articles. The links are to the groups of metals, and each element in the Group chart is a hyperlink to that element. It should make it easy to do a quick search of the metals to get a complete answer, if that is what is desired.
Shiny element good conductor of thermal energy and electric current?
Most (if not all) metals are good conductors of heat and electricity, and most (if not all) metals are shiny. Copper, iron, sodium, calcium and a lot more are possible answers to your question.
Are all non-metals shiny?
Non-metals are not normally shiny.
What properties of metals can be observed just by looking at them?
All but one (mercury) are solid at room temperature, most of them have a shiny surface
Are all conductors of heat shiny?
conductors are generally are made of metals and naturally metals are of shiny and so u can tell that all conductors of heat shiny
What are the similarities and differences between metals and non metals?
Metals: -Malleable. -Shiny -ductile -good conductor of electricity and heat. -other than mercury, all metals are solid at room temp. -not brittle. -melts at high temp. except mercury Non-metals: -non-malleable -not shiny -not ductile -poor conductor of electricity and heat -at room temp., most are gases. -melts at low temperature.
Are alkaline earth metal shiny or dull?
Alkali Earth metals are shiny. All metals have a property called luster witch means that they are shiny. All metals are also malleable, ductile, and are good conductors.
What is an explanation of the characteristic's of metals?
Some properties of metals are: they are good heat conductors, they have a high melting point, they react with oxygen to make oxides, all metals, but mercury, are solid at room temperatures, they are positive when they form ions, they have a high density.Metals are usually shiny, malleable, and hard. They also are good conductors of electricity.
What is the texture of cesium?
Cesium (or caesium) is a metal when it is isolated as an element. Like all alkali metals, it is solid at standard temperature and pressure, and is a soft shiny metal.
What metals are solid?
At room temperature, all metals except Mercury are solid.
Do all metals have a shiny luster?
No. Brushed aluminium doesn't.
What property does all metals share?
They all tend to be shiny. They're not all strong as alkali metals can be cut by a normal knife.
Does copper have a shiny luster when polished?
all metals have lustre i think
Is lead a crystalline solid or amorphous solid?
as with all metals, lead is a polycrystalline solid.
