nonmetal
IPA: nɑnmˈɛtʌɫ
noun
- (chemistry) An element, such as phosphorus or chlorine, that does not have the chemical or physical properties of a metal.
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Examples of "nonmetal" in Sentences
- They may wear any nonmetal armor.
- The official term is nonmetal, no dash.
- An anion is a negatively charged ion or a nonmetal.
- Feline1 is right that there is one definition of nonmetal.
- The metal ion is Magnesium and the nonmetal ion is Bromide.
- Sometimes people call it a nonmetal, and sometimes a metalloid.
- A PAN is a polyatomic negative ion or a polyatomic nonmetal group.
- A Mott transition is a metal nonmetal transition in condensed matter.
- Nail file: to smooth and shape the nails nonmetal, 180 grit or higher
- If you add the metal gold or the nonmetal argon to water, nothing happens.
- But it could be hard to find a showerhead without some nonmetal materials inside the head.
- Another 232 were issued to metal and nonmetal mines, a category that includes quarries and cement plants, among other things.
- Hoping that the nonmetal handle would interrupt a lethal electrical shock, in seconds I was hacking at the conduit like a demented ax murderer.
- The interiors are about 14% of the weight, with the remaining 15% from other car parts that are made from nonmetal glass, electrical components, doors, liquids and closures.
- One of the biggest differences was using aluminum in key parts of the fuselage instead of composites, the carbon epoxy and other nonmetal materials used in the first prototypes on the theory that would save weight.
- The problem is that if these irresponsible narcissists get publicity, talk show and tv time and fame and promote their desire for moneymaking opportunities ... it will encourage others to do the same stupid stunts and maybe one of them will be carrying plastic explosives, poison, or some other nonmetal weopen, thus endangering our President, his family, staff, and guests. ...
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