Metals: Have Luster -shiny Are Conductors -heat and electricity move through them easily Malleable – Can be hammered into a different shape Ductile – Can be drawn into a wire High Density – Heavy for their size Metals are solid, except for mercury.
Nonmetals: High ionization energies.
High electronegativities.
Poor thermal conductors.
Poor electrical conductors.
Brittle solids—not malleable or ductile.
Little or no metallic luster.
Gain electrons easily.
Dull, not metallic-shiny, although they may be colorful.
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