Because it doesn't have the properties of a metal.
Nitrogen is the gaseous nonmetal that makes up 78 percent of Earth's atmosphere.
Nitrogen is not a halogen. The halogens are fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, and astatine.
gas, group 5 on the periodic table, nonmetal.
No. Ammonia is the main hydride of nitrogen, which is a nonmetal.
Bismuth is more metallic than nitrogen; nitrogen is a gas, nonmetal and bismuth is a posttransition metal.
Nonmetal. Nitrogen is a gas.
Nonmetal. Nitrogen is a gas.
Nonmetal. Nitrogen is a gas.
Nonmetal. Nitrogen is a gas.
Nitrogen is a nonmetal.
Nitrogen is a nonmetal. It is a gas at room temperature and lacks the characteristics of metallic elements such as luster and conductivity.
It would form a nitrogen atom because Nitrogen is a nonmetal, and covalent bonds occur when a nonmetal bonds to another nonmetal.
Nitrogen is a nonmetal.
nitrogen is metal
it is a nonmetal.
it is a nonmetal.
No: The distinction between metals and nonmetals is a property of elements or mixtures of elements (alloys), but dinitrogen pentabromide is a compound.