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According to its property, elements can be classified into three types:

1. Metal element ( 80% )
2. Nonmetal element
3. Metaloid element
The Usages of Metal Elements
Name
Gold
Aluminum
Tin
Copper

Iron

Silver
Mercury ( quicksilver )

Properties
1. Shiny
2. Easy to be shaped
3. Not corroded
1. Weightless
2. Strong
3. Not corroded
Not corroded
1. A good electricity
transmitter
2. Does not react with
water
3. Not corroded
Strong

Reflects the light

1. It appears in liquid
form in room
temperature
2. Easy to swell

Usages
1. Jewelleries
2. Electronic chip
1. Body of planes
2. Household utensils
Cover for food and
beverages cans
1. Electricity cabels
2. Water pipes

1. Steel
2. Building
constructions
Mirrors
1. Termometer filler
2. Amalgam

Elements which are classified as nonmetal, for example are sulphur,

phosphorus, oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, chlorine, and argon. Part of non metal
elements are in the form of gas, such as oxygen, nitrogen, and chalorine, while other
part are in the form of solid, such as phosphorus, sulphur, and carbon. The only
nonmetal element which is in the form of liquidis bromine. The following are some
usages of nonmetal elements.
The Usages of Some Nonmetal Elements
Name
Sulphur

Usages
1. Material for making insecticides

2. To harden rubber for making tires

1. Rockets` fuel
2. Material for making margarine
3. Air ballon filler
1. For breathing
2. For burning
1. Material for making fertilizers
2. Cooler ( liquid nitrogen )
Light bulb filler
1. Graphites for filling pencils,
making steel, and making rockets
2. Diamonds for making jewelleries,
and for cutting metals and glasses
1. For making plastics ( PVC )
2. For making whitener
For making antiseptic solution

Hydrogen
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Argon
Carbon

Chlorine
Iodine

The Differens Betwen Metal and Nonmetal Elements

Metal
1. A good heat and electricity
transmitter
2. Shiny
3. Can be manufactured and spaced
4. Its form is a room temperature is
usually solid, except for
quicksilver ( which is in liquid form
)
5. Having high melting and boiling
points

Nonmetal
1. A bad heat and electricity
transmitter
2. Not shiny
3. Will be broken if being
manufactured and cannot be
spaced
4. Its form in a room temperature is
usually liquid and gas, but some
are in solid form
5. Having low melting and boiling
points

Rules for Naming Compounts

1. Compounds which Consists of Metal and Nonmetal Elements
For compounds which consist of metal and and nonmetal elements, its first
name ( the name that is mentioned firstly ) is the metal`s name and its last name is
the nonmetal`s name.
Metal element
Magnesium
Potassium
Lead
Potassium
Calcium

Nonmetal element
Oxygen
Chlorine
Sulphur
Bromine
Oxygen

Chemical formula
MgO
KCL
Pbs
KBr
CaO

Name
Magnesium oxide
Potassium chloride
Lead Sulphide
Potassium bromide
Calcium oxide

2. Compounds which Consist of Nonmetal Elements

For compounds which consists of two nonmetal elements, their last names
ended with ide. If there is a compound which consists of more thanone
elements, the name of such compound can be differentiated by mentioning its
index number. Those numbers are acknowledged in Greek language as
follows.
Number
1
2
3
4
5

Name
Mono
Di
Tri
Tetra
Penta

Number
6
7
8
9
10

Name
Heksa
Hepta
Okta
Nona
Deka