Properties of Metals

Metals
– Located to the
left and below
the diagonal
line in the
periodic table.
Properties of Metals
• Metals are usually solids at room
temperature
• Good conductors of heat and
electricity
• High melting points and boiling
points (except Hg)
• High densities (except some group
1 metals)
• Metals are shiny and reflect light
Properties of Metals
• Malleable – can be
bent, pounded
into sheets
• Ductile – can be
stretched into
wire without
breaking
Properties of Metals
•Mainly have
1, 2, or 3
outer shell
electrons.
•React with
nonmetals to
form ionic
bonds.
Properties of Metals
• Metallic Bonds
– Metal atoms are
surrounded by a
sea of electrons
because they
are not held
tightly
Properties of Nonmetals

• Nonmetals
are located
to the right
of the stair
step line.
Properties of Nonmetals

• The nonmetals exist in all three of the

states of matter at room temperature:
gases (such as oxygen), liquids (such as
bromine), and solids (such as carbon).
Properties of Nonmetals
• Nonmetals are not able to conduct
electricity or heat very well.
• Nonmetals have much lower melting
and boiling points than metals.
(Consider all of the ‘red’ ones.)
• Nonmetals are not nearly as dense as
metals.
Properties of Nonmetals
• The nonmetals have no
metallic luster, and do
not reflect light.
• Nonmetallic elements
are very brittle, and
cannot be rolled into
wires or pounded into
sheets.

Sulfur powder
Properties of Nonmetals
• They have
4 to 8 outer
shell
electrons.
• Nonmetals bond
with other
nonmetals to form
covalent bonds.