Eli5: I have a piece of metal in front of me. How can I determine wich material this is.

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The question is only metaphorical tho, what are the ways to identify some physical “metals” from other ones ?

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Without a microscope I’d use one or several of these criteria

Weight
Malleability
Magnetism
Conductance
Heat transfer
Melting point

And it should help me figure out which metal it is.

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