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Non metals are used as insulators (poor conductors)
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What are some commercial uses of nonmetals?
Nonmetals like flourine are used in dental offices to help stop and prevent tooth decay. Nonmetals like sulfur are mined and put into blackpowder rifles, as well as in fungicides, insecticides, and fumigants.
What are two uses of nonmetals?
Nonmetals can be used as insulators in electrical wiring to prevent the flow of electricity. Additionally, nonmetals are used in the production of electronic components such as semiconductors and LEDs.
When nonmetals react with other nonmetals the atoms of nonmetals do what with electrons?
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What are some uses of non-metals?
Most of our food is non-metal. Others would be plastics, fertilizers, combustion materials.
Are all nonmetals not malleable?
Nonmetals are not malleable.
When nonmetals react with other nonmetal the atoms of the nonmetals?
The nonmetals share the atoms when reacting with each other.
How many nonmetals are there?
there are 18 there are 18 nonmetals
Do nonmetals look shiny?
No. Nonmetals are dull, not lustrous.
Are nonmetals positive or negative?
Nonmetals have negative charges.
What are formed when nonmetals combine with other nonmetals?
Ionic.
Do nonmetals crack?
Yes, in solid form nonmetals tend to be brittle, however, several nonmetals are gasses and one, bromine, is a liquid.
Do the elements go from metals to nonmetals or nonmetals to metals?
Moving from left to right on the periodic table, the elements generall go from metal to nonmetals.
