Metals and non-metals

Metals

• Can be drawn into strings (ductile)
• Malleable
• Shiny when scratched
• Ring when hit (sonorous)
• Good conductors of heat and electricity
• Oxides are bases

Non-Metals

• Can't be drawn into strings (not ductile)
• Not malleable (brittle)
• Not shiny when scratched (dull)
• Don't ring when hit
• Poor conductors of heat and electricity
• Oxides are acids