Lustre and state
Integrated Science · Grade 9 · about 40 minutes
Two properties of metals you can check with your eyes and nothing else.
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- 1 practice task with hints and worked answers
- A quiz that marks itself as you go
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- Metals and non-metals around us
- Lustre and state
- Malleability
- Ductility
- Electrical conductivity
- Thermal conductivity
- The physical properties of metals together
- What an alloy is
- Steel and stainless steel
- Bronze and brass
- Duralumin
- Uses of sodium, magnesium and aluminium
- Uses of copper, iron, gold and silver
- Choosing the right alloy
- Rusting: causes and effects
- Preventing rust