Name________________________________________

PreLab Resources B-3 Metal, Nonmetal

Hand in when entering the lab. No admittance without a completed PreLab.

  1. What is the purpose of this experiment? _____________________________ _____________________________________________________________
  2. What physical properties will you be recording? _______________________ ______________________________________________________________
  3. What chemical properties will you be recording? _______________________ ______________________________________________________________
  4. Define malleable ________________________________________________
  5. What class of elements are brittle? _________________________________
  6. What class of elements are malleable? ______________________________
  7. What class of elements are shiny? __________________________________
  8. What class of elements are dull? ___________________________________
  9. What class of elements conduct electricity? ___________________________
  10. What class of elements react with acids? _____________________________
  11. What class of elements react with CuCl2 _____________________________
  12. How do you test malleability? ______________________________________
  13. How can you tell if a substance has reacted with acid or CuCl2____________ ______________________________________________________________
  14. How long should you wait for a reaction to occur? ______________________
  15. What hazards will you encounter in this lab? __________________________
  16. What are metalloids used for? _____________________________________


Questioins? Comments??
Ted Richardson, Toledo Technology Academy