- Metals are Good Conductors of Heat and Electricity
- Metals have a shiny appearance or luster
- Metals can be easily beaten into a thin sheet (malleable)
- Metals feel heavy - dense
- Metals are hard
- Metals only melt when they are extremely hot - heat resistant
- Metals are sonorous (they make a bell-like sound)
- Metals bend rather than break, they are elastic
- Metals are resistant to corrosion
List of Metals - The Periodic Table Nearly 75% of all the elements in the Periodic Table are classified as metals. Examples of metals are gold, aluminium, copper, iron, lead, silver, platinum, uranium and zinc. In the Periodic Table metals are separated into the groups detailed in the following list: - Alkali Metals
- Alkaline Earth Metals
- Transition Metals
- Other Metals
- Rare Earth Elements
List of Metals - Alloys What are alloys? Alloys made of mixtures of at least one metal with either other metals, or with non-metals. Examples of some common alloys are detailed in the following list: - Gunmetal (an alloy made from a mixture of copper, tin, and zinc)
- Steel (an alloy made from a mixture of iron and carbon)
- Bronze (an alloy made from a mixture of copper and tin)
- Brass (an alloy made from a mixture of copper and zinc)
List of Metals - Discovery and History of Metals Specific Facts and Information about the discovery and history of metals are detailed on the page of each metal, links are provided below in the List of Metals. Some metals were available to and used by some of the oldest civilisations including the Ancient Egyptians, Ancient Greeks and the Ancient Romans. Right up to the Middle Ages it was believed that there were only seven metals. These special metals are referred to as the 'Metals of Antiquity'. The ancient 'Metals of Antiquity' together with their approximate dates of discovery are Gold (6000BC), Copper (9000BC), Silver (4000BC), Lead (6400BC), Tin (3000BC), Iron (1500BC) and Mercury (1500BC). The term “metal” is derived from the Greek word 'metallon' meaning to excavate, as in mines and pits. The materials obtained from various mines were called metalleia by Plato. Alphabetical List of Metals Click one of the links to the elements detailed in the alphabetical list of metals. Alphabetical List of MetalsABC List of Metals* Element 113: Ununtrium, Element 114: Ununquadium, Element 115: Ununpentium and Element 116: Ununhexium will probably be a basic metal. Examples of Elements We hope that the information on this page providing an alphabetical List of Metals will prove to be a useful resource for chemistry students. |