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Properties of metal:
Metal (continued)
6.MALLEABLE: Metals can be made into thin sheets 7. DUCTILE: Metals can be made into wires.
8. METALLIC LUSTER (shine)
9.Solid at room temperature
(except ‘Hg’, which is liquid).
• As you go down Group 1, chemical reactivity increases, which means that the elements become more metallic.
Mail is usually thin sheets of paper. Malleable means the element can
be made
into thin
sheets.
• The most active metal is Fr, which is the farthest to the left and the lowest down on the Periodic Table.
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