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metal

Also known as metals, jin, kin, kine

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Metals are chemical elements like iron that typically conduct electricity and heat well, can be shaped into useful forms, and often have a shiny appearance. They matter because they can be used alone or combined into alloys to make everyday objects, from tools and cookware to industrial equipment.

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Commons category: Metals
MCN code: 7109.00.00
hashtag: metal
Stack Exchange tag: mechanics.stackexchange.com/tags/metal

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Properties
Form and structure
Electrical and thermal
Chemical
Periodic table distribution of elemental metals
Alloys
Categories
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals
Brittle elemental metal
Refractory metal
White metal
Heavy and light metals
Base, noble, and precious metals
Valve metals
Metallic ceramics
Metallic polymers
Half metal
Semimetal
Lifecycle
Formation
Abundance and occurrence
Extraction
Recycling
History
Prehistory
Antiquity
Ancient Greece
Middle Ages
The Renaissance
Light metallic elements
The age of steel
The last stable metallic elements
Post-World War II developments
Superalloys
Transcurium metals
Bulk metallic glasses
Shape-memory alloys
Quasicrystalline alloys
Complex metallic alloys
High-entropy alloys
MAX phase
See also
Note
References
Further reading
External links

A metal () is a material that, when polished or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well. These properties are all associated with having electrons available at the Fermi level, as opposed to nonmetallic materials which do not. Metals are typically ductile (can be drawn into a wire) and malleable (can be shaped via hammering or pressing).