3. Metals are Good Conductors of Heat and Electricity.
This means that metals allow heat and electricity to pass through them easily. Metals are generally good conductors of heat (The conduction of heat is also called thermal conductivity). Silver metal is the best conductor of heat.It has the highest thermal conductivity. Copper and aluminium metals are also very good conductors of heat. The cooking utensils and water boilers, etc., are usually made of copper or aluminium metals because they are very good conductors of heat. The poorest conductor of heat among the metals is lead. Mercury metal is also a poor conductor of heat.
Metals are good conductors of electricity. The metals offer very little resistance to the flow of electric current and hence show high electrical conductivity. Silver metal is the best conductor of electricity. Copper metal is the next best conductor of electricity followed by gold, aluminium and tungsten. The electric wires are made of copper and aluminium metals because they are very good conductors of electricity. The metals like iron and mercury offer comparatively greater resistance to the flow of current, so they have lower electrical conductivity.
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1. The Case of a Liquid Solute Dissolved in a Liquid Solvent
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2. 11. Metals Usually Have a Silver or Grey Colour
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8. 3. Non-Metals are Bad Conductors of Heat and Electricity.
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9. 7. Non-Metals may be Solid, Liquid or Gases at the Room Temperature.
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10. 1. Separation by a Suitable Solvent
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12. To Study the Properties of a Colloid
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15. To Separate a Mixture of Alcohol and Water
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16. 6. Metals are Usually Strong. They Have High Tensile Strength.
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18. To Study the Properties of a Solution
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22. 3. Metals are Good Conductors of Heat and Electricity.
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24. Separation Of Mixture Of a Solid And a Liquids
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25. Chemical Formula for daily use material
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28. To Study the Properties of a Compound of Iron and Sulphur
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32. 6. Non-Metals are Not Strong. They Have Low Tensile Strength.
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34. 4. Metals are Lustrous (or Shiny), and can be Polished.
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37. 7. Metals are Solids at the Room Temperature
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42. To Separate the Salt-Water Mixture (or Salt-Solution)
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45. Separation of Mixture Of Two Solids
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46. 11. Non-Metals Have Many Different Colours.
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50. To Distinguish a Colloid from a Solution
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