Question

Name a non-metals, which is:

(a) liquid at ordinary conditions.

(b) A good conductor of electricity

(c) A lustrous solid

(d) Electropositive

Answer 1

(a) Bromine is the only non-metal that exists in a liquid state due to strong intermolecular forces between molecules.

(b) Graphite is a non-metal which is a good conductor of electricity due to its high melting point.

(c) Graphite is a lustrous solid due to its conducting property.

(d) Hydrogen is a non-metal that shows electropositive nature by losing one electron.

$\mathrm{H}-{\mathrm{e}}^{-}\to {\mathrm{H}}^{+}$