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Definition of Nonmetals

Nonmetal
Nonmetal Non"met`al, n. (Chem.) Any one of the set of elements which, as contrasted with the metals, possess, produce, or receive, acid rather than basic properties; a metalloid; as, oxygen, sulphur, and chlorine are nonmetals.

Meaning of Nonmetals from wikipedia

- recognized as nonmetals. Additionally, some or all of six borderline elements (metalloids) are sometimes counted as nonmetals. The two lightest nonmetals, hydrogen...
- between the metals and the nonmetals. In 1906, Alexander Smith published a periodic table with a zigzag line separating the nonmetals from the rest of elements...
- and other materials as nonmetals; fabricating metals is termed metalworking, but there is no corresponding term for nonmetals. A loose definition such...
- remaining nonmetals are divided into nonmetals, halogens, and noble gases, with the unnamed class being distinguished by including nonmetals with relatively...
- form essentially ionic compounds with nonmetals, especially with the highly electronegative halogen nonmetals. The p-block, with the p standing for "prin****l"...
- Metalloids may be grouped with metals; or regarded as nonmetals; or treated as a sub-category of nonmetals. Other authors have suggested classifying some elements...
- Look up nonmetal or non-metal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nonmetal may refer to: Nonmetals in the periodic table or non-metallic elements, are...
- in the periodic table, the nonmetals can be divided into the reactive nonmetals and the noble gases. The reactive nonmetals near the metalloids show some...
- a tendency of nonmetals. The hydroxide of astatine At(OH) is presumed to be amphoteric. Astatine forms covalent compounds with nonmetals, including hydrogen...
- up to Spring 2019. Twenty-three nonmetals, including B, Si, Ge, As, Se, Te, and At but not Sb (nor Po). The nonmetals are identified on the basis of their...