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When an metal and a non-metal are combined what solid do they make?
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∙ 12y ago
There is no rule for this. It depends on which metal and non-metal is combined. There is no one general name for componends that are created in this, let`s call them, combinations of metal and non-metal. Read this few exemples in order to consider thet there is no name (general) for those solids.
1. If you mix liquid iron with small amounts of carbon, you are getting steel.
2. If you mix some metals with carbon, you get compaunds classefied as carbides
3. if you mix some metals with nitrogen, you are getting compaunds classefied as nitrides
4. If you mix some metals with hydrogene, you are getting compaunds classefied as hydrides (metalic hydrides)
It is possible to find more exemples like this, but the most important is that is not possible to put those compaunds in one class.
Another possibility is that you mix some metalic compaunds with non-mtalic compaunds, like bases and acides, in that case you are getting salts, but it is important to know that salts are not binar compaunds (made of two components). They can be, but in most cases they are not.
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Why are deposits of pure sodium metal or pure potassium metal not seen in nature?
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Does sodium and nitrogen combined make a molecular compound?
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What family is sulfur in?
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Why sulfur cannot be used to make wires?
As a nonmetal it does not conduct electricity and is not ductile.
When a metal and nonmetal are combined what can they make?
metal and non metal combined.
What would a metal and a nonmetal typically make?
they make attract the DUST
What can a metal and a nonmetal combined make?
Metals and non-metals combine through a sort of extreme electron sharing called ionic bonding. In ionic bonds, the metal atom is said to lose one or more of its electrons and give it to the nonmetal.
Is selenium a metal or a non metal?
Nonmetal because Selenium is used to make light sensors so it cant melt at low temperatures and it conducts electricity at a low level like a lot of non - metalsSelenium is considered a nonmetal.
What structured units make up network solid?
Nonmetal atom
What structural units make up network solid?
Nonmetal atom
What does metal oxide and nonmetal oxide make?
Metal oxide reacting with a nonmetal oxide makes a salt.Examples:CaO + CO2 --> CaCO3PbO + SO3 --> PbSO42 NaO + H2O --> 2 NaOH
What kind of bond would metal and nonmetal typically make?
An ionic bond
What types of ef elements make up a ionic compound?
A metal and a nonmetal
What kind of bond would a metal and nonmetal typically make?
An ionic bond.
Which metal is sometimes known as non metal and sometimes metal?
Any metal is known sometimes as a nonmetal; I suppose that you make a confusion between metals and metalloids.
When nonmetals react with metal does it make an ionic compound?
Generally so because the electronegativity of the nonmetal far exceeds the metal's electronegativity and thus the nonmetal will " pull " the electron(s) into it's valance shell.
