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🪙Metals,Non-Metals and Metalloids 🪙#Metals 🪙Location on Periodic Table**: Left side and center (Groups 1-12 and some in Groups 13-16). 🪙Physical Properties**: - Good conductors of heat and electricity. - Lustrous (shiny appearance). - Malleable (can be hammered into thin sheets). - Ductile (can be drawn into wires). - Typically solid at room temperature (except mercury). - High density and high melting/boiling points. 🪙Chemical Properties**: - Tend to lose electrons and form cations. - Reac