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Metals, Non-Metals and Metalloids

Compare material properties, locate metalloids, and use properties to explain everyday uses and exceptions.

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Properties let us classify materials

Elements can be grouped by patterns in their properties. Metals, non-metals and metalloids are not labels based on one feature only; they describe clusters of properties such as conductivity, appearance, flexibility, brittleness and reactivity with the environment.