low melting point
low density
not a conductor
nonmetal
It cannot melt.
No, it does not.
A metallod has some properties of a metal and some properties of a nonmetal.
NONMETAL
synthetic
metalloid
element that is not metal
Germanium is neither. It is a metalliod, because it has some properties of a metal and some properties of a nonmetal. However, the substance of germanium is a metal.
See the definition of a metal and properties of chlorine.
-nonmalleable -brittle -insulator -nonductile
Graphite is carbon. Carbon is ordinarily classified as a nonmetal but has some metallic properties and is occasionally classified as a metalloid.