Metals are shiny and lustrous, at least when freshly prepared, polished, or fractured.
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Metals are shiny and lustrous, at least when freshly prepared, polished, or fractured.
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Metals are typically malleable and ductile, deforming under stress without cleaving.
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Metals are usually inclined to form cations through electron loss.
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Metals can be categorised according to their physical or chemical properties.
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Metals are primarily found as lithophiles or chalcophiles.
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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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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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Metals are used for heat sinks to protect sensitive equipment from overheating.
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Metals can be doped with foreign molecules—organic, inorganic, biological, and polymers.
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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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Metals gave the following description of a metal in his De Natura Fossilium :.
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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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