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Any element which has between one and three valance electrons, and which therefore tends to lose electrons in a chemical reaction, is a metal. Metals have a lustrous appearance, are highly opaque and are good reflectors of electromagnetic radiation, they are good conductors of electricity, and they tend to be flexible rather than brittle (although it is possible to make brittle alloys). Metals can combine with nonmetals to form salts.
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What are the characteristics of pure metal crystals?
Each individual pure metal crystal is characterized by its individual properties. Arrangement of metals in the metal structure is dependent on its characteristics.
What is metalloide?
An element which exhibits the external characteristics of a metal but behaves chemically both as a metal and as a non metal.
An element that has some of the characteristics of metal is called?
A metaloid.
What type of metal is HCL ON the periodic table?
HCl is not a metal, it is a compound. That compound too, does not have any mettalic characteristics.
What are the characteristics of semi metal?
Semi-metals (or metalloids) are good semiconductors. They have characteristics of both metals and nonmetals. They also have ranging reactivity levels.
What is an element that characteristics of a metal and some characteristics of a nonmetal?
Elements that have some characteristics of a metal and some characteristics of a nonmetal are called semimetals or metalloids.
What is an element that has some characteristics of metal and some characteristics of a nonmetal?
Elements that have some characteristics of a metal and some characteristics of a nonmetal are called semimetals or metalloids.
What is an element that has some characteristics of a metal and some characteristics of an nonmetal?
Elements that have some characteristics of a metal and some characteristics of a nonmetal are called semimetals or metalloids.
What is an element that has some characterists of a metal and some characteristics of a nonmetal?
Elements that have some characteristics of a metal and some characteristics of a nonmetal are called semimetals or metalloids.
What are characteristics of potassium?
it is a metal
What are the characteristics of pure metal crystals?
Each individual pure metal crystal is characterized by its individual properties. Arrangement of metals in the metal structure is dependent on its characteristics.
Are boron and silicon metals?
They are both considered to be Metalloids meaning they have some metal characteristics and some non-metal characteristics.
Give the different kinds of metal and give their characteristics?
Do you mean metal (music) or metal (science)?
What is an element with characteristics of a metal and a non-metal?
metalliods like Se,Ge..
What is an element with characteristics of a metal and a non metal?
metalliods like Se,Ge..
What is metalloide?
An element which exhibits the external characteristics of a metal but behaves chemically both as a metal and as a non metal.
What are the characteristics of metallurgy?
history of metal metallurgy
