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Most of the elements are one kind or another of metal. Metals are those substances which have metallic properties like conductivity, hardness, conductor of heat and current generally, posses some shearing strength, has some specific spring constant etc.

how ever there are exceptions of these properties.

In the field of astronomy, all elements other than the lightest two - Hydrogen & Helium - are called metals.

In chemistry the metals are often grouped together in different classes:

Alkali metals:

Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium, Francium

Alkaline earth metals:

Beryllium, Magnesium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium

Transition metals:

Zinc, Molybdenum, Cadmium, Scandium, Titanium, Vanadium, Chromium, Manganese, Iron, Cobalt, Nickel, Copper, Yttrium, Zirconium, Niobium, Technetium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium, Silver, Hafnium, Tantalum, Tungsten, Rhenium, Osmium, Iridium, Platinum, Gold, Mercury, Rutherfordium, Dubnium, Seaborgium, Bohrium, Hassium, Copernicium.

Post-transition metals:

Aluminium, Gallium, Indium, Tin, Thallium, Lead, Bismuth

Lanthanides:

Lanthanum, Cerium, Praseodymium, Neodymium, Promethium, Samarium, Europium, Gadolinium, Terbium, Dysprosium, Holmium, Erbium, Thulium, Ytterbium, Lutetium

Actinides:

Actinium, Thorium, Protactinium, Uranium, Neptunium, Plutonium, Americium, Curium, Berkelium, Californium, Einsteinium, Fermium, Mendelevium, Nobelium, Lawrencium Elements are not this strange.

  • Mercury
  • Lead
  • Gold

Are elements as are several others

Steel is an example of combination metals loosely known as alloys.

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