Metal

What is metal?

A metal is a type of periodic table element that has high electrical and thermal conductivity, and luster, and easily loses electrons to form a cation. Different types of metals constitute three-fourths of the elements in the periodic table.

Metals on the periodic table

Metals have properties to contain few electrons in the outer shell but it contains too many orbitals. It formed different types of crystals by a metallic bonding.

All the metals of the periodic table are classified as alkali, alkaline earth, transition, and rare earth metals. The properties and uses of different types of metal on the periodic table are given below the topics.

Sodium element chemical symbol and the periodic table properties

Sodium

What is sodium? Sodium is a soft, low melting, silvery white alkali metal or chemical element of Group 1 or IA of the periodic table with...
Magnesium element chemical element and periodic table properties

Magnesium

Magnesium element Magnesium is a chemical element, alkaline earth metal of Group 2 (IIA) of the periodic table with symbol Mg and atomic number 12....
Beryllium element symbol, periodic table properties

Beryllium

Beryllium metal Beryllium is a chemical element or alkaline-earth metal of Group 2 (IIA) of the periodic table with the symbol Be and atomic number...
Zinc chemical element symbol Zn, transition metal of Group 12 (IIB) with periodic table properties, facts, uses in coating

Zinc

What is zinc metal? Zinc is a chemical element or silvery lustrous metal of Group 12 or IIB of the periodic table with atomic number...
Nickel chemical element symbol Ni, transition metal of Group 9 (VIIIB) in periodic table with properties, uses, and facts

Nickel

Nickel metal Nickel is a chemical element, silvery, malleable, ductile, ferromagnetic transition metal of group 10 of the periodic table with atomic number 28 and symbol...
Cobalt chemical element symbol Co, transition metal of the periodic table with properties, facts, uses in making alloys

Cobalt

Cobalt Metal Cobalt is a chemical element, lustrous silvery-gray ferromagnetic transition metal of Group 9 (VIIIB) of the periodic table with atomic number 27 and...
Manganese (Mn), chemical element of Group 7 (VIIB) of the periodic table properties and uses of metal in steel production

Manganese

What is manganese? Manganese is a chemical element or a greyish-white hard, brittle paramagnetic transition metal of Group 7 (VIIB) of the periodic table with the...
Steel, alloy of iron that contains carbon and transition metal to improve strength used in different types of construction

Steel

What is steel? Steel is essentially a refined alloy of iron that contains a lower percentage of carbon to improve the mechanical strength of the...
Chromium (Cr) in the periodic table chemical element, uses, properties, and discovery of metal from its mineral

Chromium

Chromium element Chromium is a chemical element or hard, malleable, greyish white shiny transition metal of Group 6 (VIB) of the periodic table with atomic...
Scandium (Sc), chemical element or rare-earth metal of Group 3 with periodic table properties, occurrence, isotopes, and uses

Scandium

What is scandium? Scandium is a chemical element or transition metal of Group 3 of the periodic table with atomic number 21 and symbol Sc....