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(a) What are metals ? Name five metals.
(b) What are non-metals ? Name five non-metals.

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Metal is a hard material which is shiny malleable ductile lustrous fusible .Metal is an electropositive element which is usually solid.
5 metals
Gold
Silver
Aluminium
Iron
Copper.
A non-metals is an electronegative element which is usually not a solid.
5 non-metals
Hydrogen, Helium, Chlorine, Fluorine, Carbon,

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