Properties Flashcards

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Metal properties

A
Good conductors if heat and electricity 
Shiny when polished
Malleable 
Ductile 
High melting points 
High density 
Some are magnetic
Are sonorous
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What are the main advantages of alloys

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Stronger and harder

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Non metal properties

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Poor conductors of heat
Not strong or hard wearing
Dull
Brittle
Low melting points
Not magnetic
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4
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What is an oxide

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Compound with oxygen joined to another element

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5
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Metals are usual mined as what

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Ores

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What happens when an ore is reduced

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Oxygen is taken away leaving the metal behind

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Metals that are more reactive than carbon need to be extracted using what

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Electrolysis

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