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 Appearance

• Metals: Shiny (lustrous)

• Non-metals: Dull (not shiny)

  
  

2. State

• Metals: Mostly solids (except Mercury, which is liquid)

• Non-metals: Can be solid, liquid, or gas

  
  

3. Heat & Electricity

• Metals: Good conductors of heat and electricity

• Non-metals: Poor conductors (insulators)

  
  

4. Strength

• Metals: Strong and hard

• Non-metals: Usually soft or brittle (break easily)

  
  

5. Malleability & Ductility

• Metals: Can be beaten into sheets and drawn into wires

• Non-metals: Cannot be beaten or stretched; they break

  
  

6. Sound

• Metals: Produce a ringing sound (sonorous)

• Non-metals: Do not make ringing sounds

  
  

7. Examples

• Metals: Iron, copper, gold, silver, aluminium

• Non-metals: Oxygen, carbon, sulfur, phosphorus