Chapter 2: Types of

Metals
TAUGHT BY: PROFESSOR KHAN
FREMONT HIGH SCHOOL: 8TH GRADE
CHEMISTRY 101
 Metals are
good
Metals are
conductors
shiny.
of heat and
electricity.
Properties
of Metals Metals are
ductile (can
Metals are
malleable
(can be
be stretched
pounded
into thin
into thin
wires).
sheets).
Properties of Non-Metals

 Non-metals are poor conductors of heat and electricity.

 Non-metals are not ductile or malleable.
 Solid non-metals are brittle and break easily.
 They are dull, below is a picture of Sulfur.
 Metalloids (metal-like) have
properties of both metals and
non-metals.

Properties of They are solids that can be

shiny or dull.
Metalloids

They conduct heat and

electricity better than non-
metals but not as well as
metals.
Alkali Metals

 They are the most reactive metals.

 They react violently with water.
 They are never found uncombined
in nature.

Alkaline Earth They have two valence electrons.

Metals

Alkaline earth metals include

magnesium and calcium, among
others.
Transition Metals

These are the

metals you are
They are good
probably most
conductors of heat
familiar: copper, tin,
and electricity.
zinc, iron, nickel,
gold, and silver.
Transition Metals

 The compounds of transition metals are usually brightly colored

and are often used to color paints.