Metals And Non Metals Flashcards
Properties of metals
Electrical conductors, Heat conductors, Shiny, Sonorous, Ductile, Malleable, High melting point, Hard and dense
Ductile
Can be drawn out into wire
Malleable
Can be hammered into different shapes
Aloy
Is a mixture of metals
Sonorous
If you hit it, it makes a noise
Corrosion
Undesirable process where by a metal changes to its oxide or some other compound by combining with oxygen in the airs
Rusting
Is the corrosion of iron
Rust Prevention
Galvanising, Painting and Greasing,
Galvanising
Coating with zinc
Activity Series
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
Reactivity
Calcium, Mahnesium, Zinc, Copper
Cats, Make, Zebras, Cry,
When metals react with an acid
Hydrogen gas is given off
Zinc reacts with hydrochloric acid to form
Zinc chloride and hydrogen