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Metal

Key Stage 1

Meaning

This is part of metal floor used on bridges and in boats.

Metal is a hard, smooth, shiny, bendy and opaque material.

Singular Noun: Metal
Plural Noun: Metals
Adjective: Metallic

About Metals

There are many different types of metal but they are all similar in their properties. Metals are used to make knives and forks because they are hard and smooth. Metals are used to make wires because they are bendy. Metal can be used to make hammers because it is hard and strong.

Key Stage 3

Meaning

A Metal is a material that is a good conductor of electricity and a good conductor of thermal energy.

About Metals

Metals are found on the left hand side of the Periodic Table
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This Periodic Table shows the metal elements in blue and purple.

Properties of Metals

There are several key properties of metals you should know. Metals are:

Key Stage 4

Meaning

A Metal is a a material that is a good conductor of electricity and a good conductor of thermal energy.

About Metals

Metals are found on the left hand side of the Periodic Table
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This Periodic Table shows the metal elements in blue and purple.
Metals are on the left hand side of the Periodic Table because those elements lose electrons to form positive ions in compounds with non-metals.
Metals form hydroxides when they react with water.
Metal Oxides, Metal Carbonates and Metal Hydroxides all have pH above 7.
Salts are metal compounds produced in Neutralisation reactions.
Metal elements form metallic bonds in which positive ions are surrounded by a sea of delocalised electrons.
A metal made of more than one metal element is called an alloy.
Metals make good electrical and thermal conductors because the delocalised electrons are free to move around the material.
Metals usually have high melting and boiling points making them solid at room temperature except for mercury which is a liquid at room temperature.

Applications and Properties

Application Properties
Cables Strong - Does not break easily under a force.
Car bodies. Malleable - can be hammered into shape.
Cables Ductile - Can be stretched into wires.
Jet Engines High Melting Point - Can be heated to high temperatures.
Electrical Wires Good Electrical Conductor - electricity can pass through it easily.
Pots and pans Good Thermal Conductor - Can be quickly heated.
Mirrors Shiny - Reflects light.
Bells Sonorous - Will make a sound when struck.

References

AQA

Metals, page 108, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
Metals, page 45, GCSE Chemistry, Hodder, AQA
Metals, pages 163-4, 247, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy 1, Hodder, AQA
Metals, pages 23, 24, 35, 55, 56, 97, 98, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
Metals, pages 24-27, GCSE Chemistry; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA
Metals, pages 56-7, 78-9, GCSE Chemistry; Student Book, Collins, AQA

Edexcel

Metals, page 190, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel
Metals, pages 46, 203, GCSE Chemistry, Pearson, Edexcel
Metals, pages 65, 66, 315, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, Edexcel
Metals, pages 88, 123, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
Metals; alloys, page 63, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
Metals; alloys, pages 179, 180, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, Edexcel
Metals; biological extraction methods, page 89, GCSE Chemistry, Pearson, Edexcel
Metals; biological extraction, methods, page 233, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel
Metals; corrosion of, page 64, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
Metals; corrosion of, pages 181, 182, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, Edexcel
Metals; corrosion, page 235, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel
Metals; corrosion, page 91, GCSE Chemistry, Pearson, Edexcel
Metals; electric currents, page 380, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel
Metals; electrical conductivity, page 191, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel
Metals; electrical conductivity, page 47, GCSE Chemistry, Pearson, Edexcel
Metals; extraction as reduction, page 234, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel
Metals; extraction as reduction, page 90, GCSE Chemistry, Pearson, Edexcel
Metals; extraction of, pages 155-160, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, Edexcel
Metals; malleability, page 191, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel
Metals; malleability, page 47, GCSE Chemistry, Pearson, Edexcel
Metals; ores, pages 232-233, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel
Metals; ores, pages 88-89, GCSE Chemistry, Pearson, Edexcel
Metals; pages 25, 62, 73, 106, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
Metals; properties, pages 190-191, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel
Metals; properties, pages 46-47, GCSE Chemistry, Pearson, Edexcel
Metals; reaction with acids, page 210, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel
Metals; reaction with acids, page 66, GCSE Chemistry, Pearson, Edexcel
Metals; reaction with carbonates, page 211, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel
Metals; reaction with carbonates, page 67, GCSE Chemistry, Pearson, Edexcel
Metals; reactions of, pages 107, 114-116, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
Metals; reactions of, pages 45, 52-54, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
Metals; reactivity series, page 210, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel
Metals; reactivity series, page 66, GCSE Chemistry, Pearson, Edexcel
Metals; reactivity, pages 148-151, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, Edexcel
Metals; recycling, page 236, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel
Metals; recycling, page 92, GCSE Chemistry, Pearson, Edexcel
Metals; structure and bonding, page 190, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel
Metals; structure and bonding, page 46, GCSE Chemistry, Pearson, Edexcel
Metals; tests for, pages 95, 97, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
Metals; transition metals, pages 177, 178, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, Edexcel
Metals; uses, pages 104-105, GCSE Chemistry, Pearson, Edexcel

OCR

Metals, pages 24, 25, 45, 55-57, 76-79, 87, Gateway GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR
Metals, pages 52-53, Gateway GCSE Chemistry, Oxford, OCR
Metals, pages 96, 97, 113, 126, 127, 136, 137, Gateway GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR
Metals; alloys, pages 40, 53, 214-215, Gateway GCSE Chemistry, Oxford, OCR
Metals; corrosion of, page 79, Gateway GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR
Metals; corrosion, pages 216-219, Gateway GCSE Chemistry, Oxford, OCR
Metals; displacement reactions, pages 142, 143, Gateway GCSE Chemistry, Oxford, OCR
Metals; electrical conductivity, page 221, Gateway GCSE Chemistry, Oxford, OCR
Metals; extraction of, pages 136, 137, Gateway GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR
Metals; extraction of, pages 76, 77, Gateway GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR
Metals; formulae, page 86, Gateway GCSE Chemistry, Oxford, OCR
Metals; Group 1 elements, pages 70, 71, 132-133, Gateway GCSE Chemistry, Oxford, OCR
Metals; malleability, page 78, Gateway GCSE Chemistry, Oxford, OCR
Metals; metallic bonding, pages 96, 97, Gateway GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR
Metals; properties, pages 78, 215, 221, Gateway GCSE Chemistry, Oxford, OCR
Metals; reaction with acids, pages 117, 142, 264-265, Gateway GCSE Chemistry, Oxford, OCR
Metals; reactions with acids, page 113, Gateway GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR
Metals; reactions with water, pages 132, 133, 141, 142, Gateway GCSE Chemistry, Oxford, OCR
Metals; reactivity, pages 126, 127, 136, Gateway GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR
Metals; reactivity, pages 70-71, 141-143, 206, 264-265, Gateway GCSE Chemistry, Oxford, OCR
Metals; recycling, page 140, Gateway GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR
Metals; recycling, page 85, Gateway GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR
Metals; recycling, pages 226,227, Gateway GCSE Chemistry, Oxford, OCR
Metals; Resistance, pages 105, Gateway GCSE Physics, Oxford, OCR
Metals; Specific heat capacity, pages 29, Gateway GCSE Physics, Oxford, OCR
Metals; structures, pages 66-67, Gateway GCSE Chemistry, Oxford, OCR
Metals; test for ions, page 60, Gateway GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR
Metals; transition, pages 88, 140-141, Gateway GCSE Chemistry, Oxford, OCR