2007-12-04 01:22:04 · 7 answers · asked by Micheal A 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
For the same reason that non-metals have different properties: different electron configurations.
2007-12-04 01:25:08 · answer #1 · answered by Charlie149 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The physical and chemical properties of any element are determined mainly by the outer (valence) shell of electrons, and how full that shell is. That's why elements in the same column of the periodic table have similar properties. The field of science which figures out those properties based on atomic structure is called physical chemistry.
Wood is not an element. It's a living (or once-living) structure of a variety of mostly organic molecules. The vast majority of its atoms are carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, so its properties are determined by much more than those of its component elements.
PS: manic, you're cheating by asking a question within an answer :-)
2007-12-04 15:49:34 · answer #2 · answered by Frank N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK I understand about the metal but
Why does wood have different properties?
Shouldn't all wood behave the same?
It's all wood.
2007-12-04 10:02:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they all had the same properties, there would only be
ONE metal.
2007-12-04 09:35:55 · answer #4 · answered by jbeeds 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because Different Valencies, Protons, Neutrons ( If You Want You Could Include Positrons), radioactivity.
Your Question On Wood, Another Way Of Asking That Would be Why Are People Different. :)
Its all to do with genetic's I mean the wood Question!
2007-12-04 16:35:48 · answer #5 · answered by Andy Patterson 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they had the same properties they'd be the same metal.
2007-12-04 09:27:49 · answer #6 · answered by za 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Different atomic structures and chemical properties.
2007-12-04 09:25:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋