{"id":750,"date":"2010-04-17T22:28:49","date_gmt":"2010-04-17T09:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/?p=750"},"modified":"2010-04-17T22:29:59","modified_gmt":"2010-04-17T09:29:59","slug":"metals-vs-non-metals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/?p=750","title":{"rendered":"Metals vs. Non-Metals"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Metals<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Metals are classed as metals because they have certain similar properties. Other elements are classed as non-metals because they have certain other similar properties which are different from those of metals.<\/p>\n<p>Metals are shiny when they are polished, where as non-metals do not shine when polished. Most metals are solid at room temperature, while non-metals can be in any of the three states of matter at room temperature. Metals are good conductors of heat and electricity, while non-metals are not. Metals can be hammered into sheets and stretched into wires, but non-metals cannot.<\/p>\n<p>Some substances are classified as metal:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are found underground.<\/li>\n<li>Have many useful properties:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Strong, malleable, shiny, can be recycled, some are magnetic, some are good conductors of electricity, good conductors of heat.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some have a weakness: they corrode (rust).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Non-Metal<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Only 22 of the elements are non-metals. Half of these are gases, only one (bromine) is a liquid. The rest are solids. All of these elements are found on the Periodic Table.<\/p>\n<p>One of the solid non-metals is sulphur. Sulphur is found naturally in areas where there are volcanoes. Sulphur melts quite easily. Like almost all non-metals it will not conduct heat or electricity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metals Metals are classed as metals because they have certain similar properties. Other elements are classed as non-metals because they have certain other similar properties which are different from those of metals. Metals are shiny when they are polished, where as non-metals do not shine when polished. Most metals are solid at room temperature, while &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/?p=750\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Metals vs. Non-Metals&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1509,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Metals vs. Non-Metals - science4all","description":"Metals Metals are classed as metals because they have certain similar properties. Other elements are classed as non-metals because they have certain other simil"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[6328,6306,6307],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-year-6-8-science","category-year10-science","category-year9-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1509"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=750"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":755,"href":"https:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750\/revisions\/755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}