Metals and their Compounds

CHEMISTRY SSS3 First term

WEEK 1

Metals and their Compounds

Performance objectives

Students should be able to:

  1. State the general characteristics of metals.
  2. State the compounds of metals.
  3. Explain the principle of extraction of metals.
  4. Explain the extraction of sodium.
  5. Give at least three uses of sodium.

Content

Metals and their compounds

General characteristics of metals

Metals are a class of substances characterized by high electrical and thermal conductivity as well as by malleability, ductility, and high reflectivity of light.

Approximately three-quarters of all known chemical elements are metals. The most abundant varieties in the Earth’s crust are aluminum, iron, calcium, sodium, potassium, and magnesium. The.... View More

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