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Science 6 Ch. 4.4 - Nonmetals and Metalloids
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| nonmetal | an element that lacks most of the properties of a metal |
| solid | these nonmetals tend to be dull and brittle |
| electricity and heat | nonmetals are poor conductors of |
| carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, halogen, noble gases, hydrogen | families containing nonmetals |
| nitrogen family | nitrogen and phosphorus |
| diatomic molecule | is made up of two atoms |
| oxygen family | oxygen, sulfur, selenium |
| halogen family | fluorine, chlorine, bromine, idoine |
| noble gases | elements that have a complete number of electrons and are nonreactive |
| hydrogen | the element with the simplest atoms; it makes up 90% of the atoms in the universe |
| metalloids | these elements have some properties of metals and some properties of nonmetals |
| semiconductors | substances that can conduct electric current under some conditions but not under other conditions |
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