what is non-metal ?and their properties and examples
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Non-metals are natural materials that do not produce heat or electricity and that are structurally brittle (can not be easily rolling, moulding, extruding or pressing). Chemically, hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, arsenic and selenium are the non-metallic elements in the periodic table.
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A non-metal is a substance which mostly lacks characteristics of a metal. They are found in abundance in nature, mainly in the crust, atmosphere and oceans. Hydrogen, oxygen, chlorine, Sulphur etc. are some examples.
Their main properties are:-
i) They are soft solids or gases.
ii) They are brittle
iii) They are non-lustrous
iv)They are neither malleable nor ductile
v) They have low melting and boiling points
vi) They are not sonorous.