non metal

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Definition von non metal im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: element to the right of the staircase line on the periodic table; exhibits characteristics different from those of metals; elements that are not metals; A non-metal is a substance that conducts heat and electricity poorly, is brittle or waxy or gaseous, and cannot be hammered into sheets or drawn into wire Non-metals gain electrons easily to form anions About 20% of the known chemical elements are nonmetals; chemical substance which does not have the properties of a metal
nonmetal: An element that lacks the properties generally associated with metals
nonmetal: an element, such as phosphorus or chlorine, that does not have the chemical or physical properties of a metal
nonmetal: 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
nonmetal: an element that is brittle and nonductile as a solid, has no luster, and is a poor conductor of heat and electricity
nonmetal: not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal; "nonmetallic elements"
nonmetal: an element that tends to gain electrons, becoming negatively charged; see anion
nonmetal: {i} chemical element without metallic properties
nonmetal: an element that does not exhibit the characteristics of a metal
nonmetal: a chemical element lacking typical metallic properties