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The 16 pages that link to Metal, each with the reason it gives.

• Periodic tableCompared with: Metallic behavior dominates much of the table but changes across its regions.

• Electrical conductivityBroader topic: Mobile electrons give metals their typically high electrical conductivity.

• Band gapCompared with: A metal has no insulating gap at its Fermi energy.

• Materials scienceCompared with: Metals provide a reference point for comparing ceramics, polymers, and other material families.

• CeramicCompared with: Metals generally deform plastically, unlike ceramics, which often fracture with little warning.

• Fermi energyNarrower topic: In a simple metal, the Fermi energy helps characterize conduction electrons and their response.

• ArsenicNarrower topic: Arsenic shares some metallic properties but remains brittle and chemically distinct as a metalloid.

• MetalloidCompared with: Metals generally show stronger electrical conduction and metallic bonding than metalloids.

• Band theoryNarrower topic: Partially filled bands or overlapping bands account for its mobile charge carriers.

• DirectXCompared with: Metal fills a platform-specific role on Apple devices comparable to Direct3D on Windows.

• OpenGLCompared with: Metal replaces OpenGL as Apple's preferred native graphics interface.

• Wiedemann–Franz lawNarrower topic: The law is a useful approximation for the transport behavior of many metals.

• ElectrideCompared with: Conducting electrides can resemble metals, yet their electrons occupy anion-like structural sites.

• Fusible alloyNarrower topic: Fusible alloys are metallic materials whose composition is tuned to lower their melting temperature.

• Reactivity seriesNarrower topic: The familiar series ranks metals according to their chemical tendencies.

• Valence and conduction bandsCompared with: In metals, available states near the Fermi level permit conduction without a substantial gap.