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Physical Properties
Metals Non-metals
Solid: Carbon, sulphur, iodine
Generally Solid Liquid: Bromine
Exception: Mercury Metals Gas: Oxygen, hydrogen,
nitrogen, chlorine
Dull
Shiny Lustre
Exception: Iodine and Graphite
Generally Hard Generally soft exception:
Hardness
Exception: Sodium, Potassium Diamond
High Density Low
Malleability and
Malleable and Ductile Brittle
Ductility
Generally Good Conductors Thermal
Generally Bad Conductors
Conductivity
Electrical
Electrical Conductivity Electrical Conductivity
Conductivity
Sonorous Sonority Non-sonorous
High Tensile Strength Low
High Exception Sodium and Melting and Low Exception Graphite
Potassium Boiling point
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