What are the chemical and physical properties of Metal?

Answer 1

The physical and chemical properties of metal can differ between the elements but if we try and generalize.

Physical properties are that they are hard, dense, shiny, malleable (can be bent), ductile (can be pulled into wires), a good conductor of heat and have high melting points meaning that they are solid at room temperature

Their chemical properties include being good electrical conductors, they make metallic bonds (ionic bonds with non-metals) and their atoms are arranged in a lattice. They release hydrogen when reacted with acids and are usually cations (positive ions).

Answer 2

physical properties: metals are usually ductile(can be drawn into wires), malleable(can be beaten into sheets), sonorous, have high melting and boiling points, lustrous, high tensile strength,good conductors of electricity and heat, high density and are usually solids.

Chemical properties: metals have low ionisation energy, are electropositive which means that they easily lose eletrons to form positive ions, react with oxygen to form metal oxides which have basic or amphoteric nature. The metals which are very reactive form their respective hydroxides on reacting with cold or normal water. The less reactive metals react with steam to form theis oxides while others don't react at all. Metals react with acids to form their respective salts. Highly reactive metals also react eith hydrogen to form metal hydrides. As they easily lose electrons, metals also act as reducing agents. Metals also react with chlorine at room temperature or on heating to form metal chlorides.