Metals and Nonmetals - Page 4
Questions
- Why do some metals glow when burning in a flame?
- The energy of colored light increases in order: red, yellow, green, blue, violet. What are the metallic elements used in the flame test in increasing order of energy of the light emitted?
- Why do nonmetals form anions?
- What metal is the best conductor of electricity?
- What are the characteristics of metals?
- What are 4 physical properties that distinguish metals from nonmetals of the Periodic Table?
- What is the difference between metals and metalloids?
- What are nickel based alloys used for?
- What properties do metals have in common?
- Why don't metals break when pounded into sheets or drawn into wires?
- How does the reactivity of metals change from top to bottom on the periodic table?
- In terms of oxidizing and reducing properties, what are metal and non-metals?
- Why won't magnesium bromide react with iodine?
- How do you determine if an element is metal, nonmetal, or a metalloid?
- Nonmetals form which type of bonds by sharing electrons to complete their valence shell and increase stability?
- Why do we never see organic rings bonding to carbon? Why are metals in the center of sandwich complexes?
- What are four non-metals that are solids at room temperature?
- Which are more malleable: metals or nonmetals?
- How are carbon steels classified as either low, medium, or high carbon steels?
- Why group 1 elements are also called alkali metals ?