Metals And Non-Metals Flashcards
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Sonorous
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If you hit it, it makes a noise.
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Properties of metals
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Electrical conductors, heat conductors, shiny, sonorous, ductile, malleable, high melting point and hard and dense.
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Ductile
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Can be drawn out into wire.
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Malleable
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Can be hammered into different shapes.
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Alloy
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Is a mixture of metals.
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Corrosion
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It is an undesirable process whereby a metal changes to its oxide or some other compound by combining with oxygen from the air.
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Rusting is the corrosion of…
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Iron (Fe)
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Rust provention
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Galvanising, painting and greasing.
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Galvanising
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Coating with zinc.
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Activity series
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- All metals have similar properties but do not react at the same rate.
- A good way to compare metals is to see how they react with water and acid.
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Re Activity
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•Calcium, •Magnesium, •Zinc, •Copper. (Cats Make Zebras Cry)
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When metals react with an acid…
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…hydrogen gas is given off.
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Zinc reacts with hydrochloric acid to form…
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…zinc chloride and hydrogen.
