Iron (Fe) is a transition metal, and it's used to make steel. Steel is the most common metal in modern civilization, and it is used as a structural element in everything from the cases of equipment, to vehicles to the framework for the largest buildings we construct. Aluminum (or aluminium, Al) is a poor metal, and we use it for almost countless purposes. It is present in any smaller items from the size of of a car on down that need light, strong metal to build it. And there would be absolutely no aviation industry without aluminum because it is used to make structural elements in 99% of the planes currently flying. Sodium (Na) is an alkai metal, and it is highly reactive. It is so highly reactive that we never find it free in nature, but we only encounter it in combination with other elements. A common compound containing sodium is sodium chloride (NaCl), which is table salt.
Metal alloys refer to a mixture of two different elements whereby one of them is a metal. Examples of alloyed metals are Brass, Steel and Solder.
If you're talking about categorisation that broad, then there are two categories:MetalsNon-metals
Metals, nonmetals, and metalloids.
The coinage elements are the metals that are used to make coins. They are the three metals from Group 11 of the periodic table - copper, silver and gold.
metals, metalloids, and non-metalsThese are roughly grouped from left to right on the periodic table. The metals are on the left, the non-metals are on the right, and the metalloids are inbetween. On many student periodic tables there is a dark, staircase-looking line that marks which elements are metalloids.
The 3 main categories are Metal, Nonmetals and Metalloids
How are elements classified
Most elements are metals, including alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, transition metals, basic metals, and rare earth elements. There are three (3) Metallic elements that start with the letter "I". These metals are are Iron (Fe) and Iridium (Ir), transition metals, and; Indium (In), classified as an "other metal".
Elements are classified as set out in the Periodic Table of the elements. It is NOT clear to what "three" you are referring.
No, more than three-fourths of the elements are metals. Love, Grahamcracker
Yes they can, all of them. Metals, nonmetals, and metalloids are three different types of elements on the periodic table. One of the differences between them is the types of bonds they share with eachother: ionic, covalent, or metallic.
There are three types of elements: metals, metalloids, and nonmetals. Most elements are metals.
Metals, non-metals and transition metals.
Only elements(the substances found in the periodic table) are classified as either metals, non-metals or metalloid. Sugar is not an element, it is a covalent compound consisting of the elements Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen. Thus, sugar cannot be classified as any of the three.
Example of metals: sodium, lead, uranium, antimony, plutonium, beryllium, tin etc.
Metals, Non-metals, and Metalloids
The three main categories of elements on the periodic table are metals, metalloids, and nonmetals.