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Hydrogen is unique in that it's atoms have a single proton, and typically, a single electron.
When hydrogen undergoes a reaction with a metal, it will gain another electron. This makes two in its only energy level, which is therefore its valence shell as well. Hydrogen (an exception to the octet rule) is satisfied with only two electrons in its valence shell, and acts like a non-metal in this fashion.
Alternatively, hydrogen can also lose it's only electron. This happens, usually, when it reacts with a non-metal. In this case, hydrogen is acting like a metal by giving up it's electron.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoAll elements in the Metaloids group including Silicon and Germanium act as metals and non-metals which is why Silicon is used in computer chips as it can be an electrical conductor and insulator.
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∙ 11y agoSalt, chemically known as sodium chloride. Sodium is a metal, chlorine is a non-metal. They bond ionically as the compound sodium chloride, which has completely different properties from its component elements.
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∙ 14y agometalloids or semi metals as Aluminium , Zinc and Tin when react with alkali form the salts similar as formed by non metals, e.g NaAlO2 , Na2ZnO2 and Na2SnO2.
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∙ 11y agoA nonmetal is aluminum
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Is helium a metal and a nonmetal?
No, helium is not both a metal and a nonmetal. The element helium (He), along with its cousins in Group 18 of the periodic table of the elements, is a monatomic nonmetal.
What is unique about metalloids?
Metalloids are a 'one-of-a-kind' element. They contain a mix of chemical and physical properties from both metals and nonmetals. Metalloids can act as either a metal or a nonmetal, which makes them a metalloid.
Is metal and nonmetal are good conducters?
No because there both different things so that makes them different conducters
Can carbon and magnesium for an ionic bond?
no. an ionic bond is formed when a metal and nonmetal bond. a metallic bond is formed when a metal and another metal bond. potassium and magnesium are both metals so it forms a metallic bond. (covalent bond = nonmetal + nonmetal)
How do you name a compound when the elements are in the same column in the periodic table?
Actually, these rules don't have so much to do with the same column as the same metal/nonmetal grouping on the periodic table. If they are both nonmetals, then you use numeric prefixes on each element or chemical group that is involved, because the number of oxidation states often varies, and the name needs to explicitly state what the chemical bonding is: - PO4 - phosphorus tetroxide - P2O5 - diphosphorus pentoxide If you have a metal and a nonmetal, then you just specify the metal (if it is a transition metal, with multiple oxidation states, then specify the oxidation number) and the nonmetal with "-ide" suffix: - NaCl - sodium chloride - Cu(OH)2 - copper (II) hydroxide
What is a metalloi?
A metalloid is a chemical element that has a mixture of both metal and nonmetal characteristics
Is helium a metal and a nonmetal?
No, helium is not both a metal and a nonmetal. The element helium (He), along with its cousins in Group 18 of the periodic table of the elements, is a monatomic nonmetal.
Is baron a metal or a metalloid or a nonmetal?
Boron is recognized as a metalloid. A metalloid can be defined as a chemical element that has qualities of both metals and non-metals.
What Element has both metal and nonmetal characteristics?
metalloids
Is neon a metal non metal or a gas?
Neon is both a nonmetal and a gas.
Is silicon a metal nonmetal or semi metal?
Silicon is a semimetal.
Does metal or nonmetal have both positive and negative oxidation numbers?
NONMETALS
What are ionic?
Ionic compounds are compound consisting of a metal plus a nonmetal. The metal and the nonmetal both have charges that you can find on the Periodic Table, and they have to balance each other out. For example, you have MgO (Magnesium Oxide). The magnesium is the metal, the oxygen is the nonmetal, and they both have a charge of +2 and -2, so the subscripts cancel each other out.
Is phosphorous a metal nonmetal or metalliod?
Both allotropes of Phosphorus are non metals.
Is nitrogen oxygen metal or nonmetal?
nitrogen and oxygen are nonmetals and they both are gases
Is N2F2 covalent or ionic?
difluorodiazine contains Nitrogen and Fluorine whitch are both nonmetal elements so it is covalent. General rule; nonmetal to nonmetal = covalent nonmetal to metal = ionic except in acids
How does hydrogen act like a nonmetal?
Hydrogen can act as a metal and a nonmetal, it acts as a metal because its reacts with diffferent types of chemicals same as any other metal would. It nonmetal metal also because it has the following traits dull, brittle, and cannot conduct with heat very well.
