12 Facts About Metals

1.

Metals are shiny and lustrous, at least when freshly prepared, polished, or fractured.

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2.

Metals are typically malleable and ductile, deforming under stress without cleaving.

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3.

Metals are usually inclined to form cations through electron loss.

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4.

Metals can be categorised according to their physical or chemical properties.

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5.

Metals are primarily found as lithophiles or chalcophiles.

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6.

Metals are often extracted from the Earth by means of mining ores that are rich sources of the requisite elements, such as bauxite.

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7.

Metals are good conductors, making them valuable in electrical appliances and for carrying an electric current over a distance with little energy lost.

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8.

Metals are used for heat sinks to protect sensitive equipment from overheating.

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9.

Metals can be doped with foreign molecules—organic, inorganic, biological, and polymers.

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10.

Metals are inherently recyclable, so in principle, can be used over and over again, minimizing these negative environmental impacts and saving energy.

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11.

Metals gave the following description of a metal in his De Natura Fossilium :.

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12.

Metals's method let him produce steel in large quantities cheaply, thus mild steel came to be used for most purposes for which wrought iron was formerly used.

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