A metal will not shatter if dropped becuase a nonmetal can be anything, so, if you drop a metal, there is no possible way it can break.
Usually nonmetal, if all of them are compared as solids, because nonmetals have weaker intermolecular bonds.
A hammer will shatter some things that are chemically bonded, and will not shatter others. Glass, ice and even diamonds can be "broken" with a hammer. They are solids and have the quality of being brittle to a lesser or greater degree. But other materials will definitely not shatter when struck by a hammer. If you struck a tire with a hammer, you'd be hitting it all day without shattering it. (But if you cryogenically cool the rubber and hammer it, it will shatter with ease.) Whether or not a material that is chemically bonded will shatter when struck by a hammer depends on the material. We need to note, however, that the hammer will not generally break the chemical bonds themselves when the material shatters. The hammer just breaks the macroscopic (perhaps crystalline) structure of the material.
We cannot determine if nonmetals are strong or not since they exist in any of the 3 states:solid,liquid,or gases. But generally,nonmetals are characterized that they are non-ductile. There are some nonmetals that are strong such as:wood and glass,and in the same time there are some nonmetals that are not as strong such as :coal which we can dismantle easily.
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A metal will not shatter if dropped becuase a nonmetal can be anything, so, if you drop a metal, there is no possible way it can break.
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Usually nonmetal, if all of them are compared as solids, because nonmetals have weaker intermolecular bonds.
Yes, diamond is brittle. Although it is extremely hard, diamond can shatter if struck with a heavy blow.
A hammer will shatter some things that are chemically bonded, and will not shatter others. Glass, ice and even diamonds can be "broken" with a hammer. They are solids and have the quality of being brittle to a lesser or greater degree. But other materials will definitely not shatter when struck by a hammer. If you struck a tire with a hammer, you'd be hitting it all day without shattering it. (But if you cryogenically cool the rubber and hammer it, it will shatter with ease.) Whether or not a material that is chemically bonded will shatter when struck by a hammer depends on the material. We need to note, however, that the hammer will not generally break the chemical bonds themselves when the material shatters. The hammer just breaks the macroscopic (perhaps crystalline) structure of the material.
If it was thrown hard enough. Than again, pretty much any solid object can shatter a window if thrown hard enough...
Any idea that it was going to be a short and glorious war.
What is shatter?!
Shatter is a verb.
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The nonmetals share the atoms when reacting with each other.
If you drop the glass, it will shatter. The mirror was going to shatter when it hit the floor after falling from the table.