Metals and Nonmetals - Page 3
Questions
- Is the element silicon likely to form ionic or covalent bonds?
- What metals are more active than hydrogen?
- Why do metal cooking utensils often have plastic coating on their handles?
- How do you find metals and nonmetals on the periodic table?
- Do any elements occur naturally as monatomic gases?
- What important characteristic do the alkali metals alkaline earth metals have in common?
- What elements are liquid at room temperature?
- How can you recognize the basic chemical structure of an alloy?
- What is a characteristic common to the transition metals?
- What is the only liquid nonmetal?
- What is the difference between oxidants and reductants?
- Is sulfur a nonmetal?
- What transition metals are radioactive?
- Are nonmetals in the carbon family?
- Are binary molecular compounds generally composed of a metal and a nonmetal?
- What defines a nonmetal?
- Lithium, sodium, and potassium all react with water. What might you observe when each of these metals reacts with water?
- Of the three metals, #Pb, Cu, Zn#, which is the most active?
- What family is the most reactive metals in the periodic table?
- Would an aqueous solution of a salt containing NO metal ions be capable of conducting a current?