List properties that make aluminum a metal and carbon a non metal

CARBON:

Chemical Formula: C.

Oxidation: Combines with oxygen to produce carbon dioxide (CO2 ) and carbon monoxide (CO)

Reactivity: Carbon does not dissolve in, or react with, water or acids.

Chains of Atoms: Carbon has the ability to make long strings, or chains, of atoms.

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ALUMINIUM:

Color : Silvery-white with a bluish tint.

Hardness : The pure metal is soft, but it becomes strong and hard when alloyed.

Ductility : It can be beaten into extremely thin sheets.

Malleability : Capable of being shaped or bent.

radioactive decay occurs in unstable atomic nuclei – that is, ones that don't have enough binding energy to hold

the nucleus together due to an excess of either protons or neutrons.