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Is plastic a metal or nonmetal?

Updated: 8/9/2023

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∙ 13y ago

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P=non-metal and l= no-metal which means it is a covalent bond element one is P and element 2 is l

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∙ 13y ago

No, it isn't really either of those things, but most plastics are much more like nonmetals.

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∙ 13y ago

Plastics (more properly "polymers") are hydrocarbons (non metals)

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∙ 13y ago

Plastic is a nonmetal. Plastic is petroleum based, and petroleum (oil) is decomposed living organisms that lived millions of years ago.

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∙ 10y ago

it's a non-metal because it's only made up of carbon and hydrogen atoms.

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is MgBr2 metal or nonmetal

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Mg=metal and Br=non-metal which means it is a ionic bond so Mg would be element one and Br would be element two

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∙ 14y ago

its a non metal

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it is a polymer

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∙ 13y ago

non metal

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nonmetal

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