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Element that is usually a gas or brittle solid at room temperature and is a poor conductor of heat and electricity are non metals. A metal is an element that has luster, is a good conductor of heat and electricity, is malleable, and is ductile

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Elements that are gases, are brittle, and are poor conductors at room temperature are nonmetals. These contrast with the properties of metals.

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All the non-metals on the period table are.

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You're asking what gas is brittle? At least one of those two words does not mean what you think it means.

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they are called nonmetals

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Those elements are called nonmetals.

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The answer is nonmetal

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Nonmetals

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Nonmetal

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