Metals+and+non-metals

=Metals VS Non-Metals=

Here is a table to show the differences between metals and non-metals:

which crumbles when handled)** || **Brittle (they break or shatter when hammered)** ||
 * ** Property ** || ** Metals ** || ** Non-metals ** ||
 * **Appearance** || **Shiny** || **Dull** ||
 * **State at room temperature** || **Solid (except mercury, which is a liquid)** || **About half are solids, about half are gases, and one (bromine) is a liquid** ||
 * **Density** || **High (they feel heavy for their size)** || **Low (they feel light for their size)** ||
 * **Strength** || **Strong** || **Weak** ||
 * **Malleable or brittle** || **Malleable (they bend without breaking) (except sulfur,
 * **Conduction of heat** || **Good** || **Poor (they are insulators)** ||
 * **Conduction of electricity** || **Good** || **Poor (they are insulators, apart from graphite)** ||
 * **Magnetic material** || **Only iron, cobalt and nickel** || **None** ||
 * **Sound when hit** || **They make a ringing sound (they are sonorous)** || **They make a dull sound** ||

Most of the metals and non-metals are opposite each other. This is how we can often tell them apart from each other.

This periodic table shows the metals and non-metals on the chart. The blue is non metals and the orange are metals. The zig-zag line seperate the two of them except hydrogen which is on the other side of the table...