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Nonmetal
Nonmetal Non"met`al, n. (Chem.)
Any one of the set of elements which, as contrasted with the
metals, possess, produce, or receive, acid rather than basic
properties; a metalloid; as, oxygen, sulphur, and chlorine
are nonmetals.
Meaning of Nonmetal from wikipedia
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Nonmetals are
chemical elements that
mostly lack
distinctive metallic properties. They
range from
colorless gases like
hydrogen to
shiny crystals like...
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mining quarrying and
other industries;
Moreover "coal
mining used 66.4%,
nonmetal mining and
quarrying 13.5%,
metal mining 10.4%,
construction 7.1%, and...
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chemical elements can be
broadly divided into metals, metalloids, and
nonmetals according to
their shared physical and
chemical properties. All metals...
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Nonmetal may
refer to:
Nonmetal, a
chemical element with
relatively low
density and...
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ionization energy of
nonmetals,
which is why, in general,
metals will lose
electrons to form
positively charged ions and
nonmetals will gain electrons...
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properties in between, or that are a
mixture of,
those of
metals and
nonmetals.
There is no
standard definition of a
metalloid and no
complete agreement...
- the
metals occur to the left of the
nonmetals, and thus a
metal has
fewer possible valence electrons than a
nonmetal. However, a
valence electron of a metal...
- this
annotated list is to
provide a chronological,
consolidated list of
nonmetal monographs,
which could enable the
interested reader to
further trace classification...
- (P) is a
nonmetal essential to DNA. It is
highly reactive, and as such is
never found in
nature as a free element.
Sulfur (S) is a
nonmetal. It is found...
- Equally, some
materials regarded as
metals can
become nonmetals. Sodium, for example,
becomes a
nonmetal at
pressure of just
under two
million times atmospheric...
