Overview
Characteristics of metals
Identifying what parts of the periodic table contain metals
The relative abundance of metals in nature
Classes of compounds formed by metals (i.e. sulphates, chlorides etc)
Principles of extraction of metals
Properties of alkali metals
Uses of sodium as a typical alkali metal
Properties of alkaline earth metals
Extraction and uses of calcium as a typical alkaline earth metal
Extraction of aluminium
Compounds of aluminium
Uses of aluminium
Extraction of tin metal
Uses of tin
Characteristics of properties of transition Elements
Extraction of copper
Uses of copper.
What you'll learn
- Metals: - chemical characteristics - relative abundance
- Compounds of metals
- Principles of extraction of metals of - electrolysis - reduction of oxides - reduction of chlorides - reduction of sulphates
- The alkali metals: (General properties)
- Sodium - Extraction of sodium - Properties of sodium - Compounds of sodium
- Uses of sodium
- The alkali earth metals (General properties of)
- Calcium: - Extraction of calcium - Properties of calcium - Compound of calcium - Uses of calcium
- Aluminum: - Extraction of aluminum - Uses of aluminum
- Tin: - Extraction of Tin - Uses of Tin
- Transition metals - Properties of transition metals (the first transition series only)
- Copper: - Extraction of copper - Uses of copper