15 Metals, Nonmetals, Metalloids
Determine whether the following elements are metals, nonmetals or metalloids.
Metals – left portion of the Periodic Table to the Black Line staircase; great conductors, poor insulators, shiny, ductile
Nonmetals – right portion of the Periodic Table from the Black Line staircase; poor conductors, great insulators, brittle, dull
Metalloids – elements lying on the staircase that have properties of both metals and nonmetals
- Sodium
- Carbon
- Oxygen
- Silicon
- Iodine
- Mercury
- Strontium
- Hydrogen
- Tellurium
- Tungsten