Question

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You are a forensic scientist and you are trying to identify a substance as either a metal or nonmetal. Describe tests you could do to determine the classification of your substance

Answer 1

difference between metals and non metals

metals conduct electricity so i would test for electrical conductivity by how do we do that again

please look for the characteristics of metals and non metals and then please look for how to test each of them

metals conduct electricity,ductile ,malleable,sonorous and also usually solids so please look for solids look for electrical conductivity

reaction with oxygen to form oxides like iron which forms oxides

you can do the FLAME test USING YOUR WIRE LOOP if the colors don't match any in the test then you ll have to run more test

http://chemistry.about.com/od/analyticalchemistry/a/flametest.htm

Answer 2

cool thanks!