Metals and Nonmetals - Page 6
Questions
- What element has the most metallic character?
- Which group in the periodic table has one metalliod and no nonmetals?
- What is a metal that can be found in the ground as an element?
- Why alkaline earth metals are harder than alkali metals?
- What are elements found on the left side of the periodic table called?
- Do metals have any specific characteristics?
- Older transmission lines are made from copper cable. What advantages does copper have compared with aluminum? Why is aluminum used to make transmission lines today?
- Do metals always give electrons,share electrons or take electrons?
- Compounds of what nonmetal, the most reactive ofan the elements, are used in nonstick cookware and to prevent toot decay?
- What are some physical properties of metals?
- Do metals have high electronegativity?
- How are metalloids different from metals?
- What are some important alloys of the transition metals?
- Why is oxygen blown through the molten iron?
- What type of bond is formed when nonmetals combine with other nonmetals?
- Why do metals tend to lose electrons and nonmetals tend to gain electrons when forming ions?
- Is metallic bond between two metals, or is present in one metal?
- How do metal ions form salts and complexes?
- Because it can either lose or share electron when it combines with other etements, each of what has some of the properties of metals and some ofthe properties of nonmetals?
- What happens to the reactivity of nonmetals within a group from the top of the group to the bottom?