PERIODIC TABLE

METALS

• Metal is an element that is generally shiny.
• Metal is a good conducter of electricity and thermal energy
• It is easily pulled into wires or hammered into thin sheet

IRON

• Cannonball from the civil war is made of iron
• Iron is a transition metal
• Iron is in group 8 period 4

NONMETALS

• Nonmetals are elements that have no metallic properties
• Nonmetals are gases at room temperature
• Nonmetals are poor conductors of electricity and thermal energy
• Nonmetals are good insulators

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